پیشوا
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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Noun
پیشوا • (pişüva, pişiva)
- one who is a model, someone whom others follow or imitate, guide, exemplar, initiator, instructor
- superior, boss, leader, chief, head
Descendants
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian (pyšʾwpʾd /pēšōbāy/, “leader, vanguard”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | pēšwā |
| Dari reading? | pēšwā |
| Iranian reading? | pišvâ |
| Tajik reading? | pešvo |
Noun
| Dari | پیشوا |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | пешво |
پیشوا • (pišvâ)
- one who is a model, someone whom others follow or imitate, guide, exemplar, initiator, instructor
- c. '1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3809:
- ور کشم باری بدانم تا کجا
ماهم و خورشید پیشم پیشوا- waz kašam bar-ē bi-dānam tā kujā
māh-am u xwarshēd pīš-am pēšwā - And if I am dragging a burden, I know whither:
I am the moon, and the Sun is in front of me as the guide.
- waz kašam bar-ē bi-dānam tā kujā
- superior, boss, leader, chief, head
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: pişva
- → Bengali: পেশওয়া (peśōẇa)
- → Gujarati: પેશવા (peśvā)
- → Hindustani:
- → English: peshwa
- → Kannada: ಪೇಷ್ವೆ (pēṣve)
- → Malayalam: പേഷ്വ (pēṣva)
- → Marathi: पेशवा (peśvā)
- → Ottoman Turkish: پیشوا (pişüva, pişiva)
- → Punjabi:
- → Tamil: பேஷ்வா (pēṣvā)
- → Telugu: పీష్వా (pīṣvā)
Proper noun
پیشوا • (pišvâ)
- A city, the county seat of Pishva County, Iran.
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “پیشوا”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Vullers, Johann August (1855) “پیشوا”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 399b
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “pēšōbāy”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 68