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Persian
Etymology
From کاه (kâh-, present stem of کاستن (kâstan, “to decrease”)) + ـش (-eš).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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kāhiš
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| Dari reading?
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kāhiš
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| Iranian reading?
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kâheš
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| Tajik reading?
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kohiš
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Noun
کاهش • (kâheš)
- decrease, reduction
- Antonym: افزایش (afzâyeš)
- wasting away
c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی, volume IV, verse 3457:یا تو پنداری که تو نان میخوری / زهر مار و کاهش جان میخوری- yâ to pendâri ke to nân mi-xori / zahr-e mâr o kâheš-e jân mi-xori
- Or dost thou suppose that thou art eating bread? Thou art eating snake-venom and wasting away of the spirit.
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