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Persian
Etymology
From پیش (piš, “previously, fore, front”) + از (az, “from”).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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pēš az
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| Dari reading?
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pēš az
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| Iranian reading?
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piš az
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| Tajik reading?
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peš az
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Preposition
پیش از • (piš az)
- before
- Synonym: قبل از (qabl az)
- Antonyms: پس از (pas az), بعد از (ba'd az)
1967, Samad Behrangi, ماهی سیاه کوچولو [The Little Black Fish]:تو ما را از خواب خرگوشی بیدار کردی، به ما چیزهایی یاد دادی که پیش از این حتی فکرش را هم نکرده بودیم.- to mâ-râ az xâb-e xarguši bidâr kardi, be mâ čiz-hâ-yi yâd dâdi ke piš az in hattâ fekr-eš-râ ham na-karde budim.
- You woke us up from our stupor; you taught us things that we hadn't even thought about before now.