کشاورزی

Persian

Etymology

کشاورز (kešâvarz, “farmer”) +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ki.ʃɑː.waɾ.ˈziː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɪ.ʃɑː.wäɾ.zíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɪ.ʃɑː.wäɾ.zíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɪ.ʃɑː.wäɾ.zíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰi.ʃɔː.wäɾ.zí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲe.ʃɒː.væɹ.zíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰi.ʃɔ.väɾ.zí]

Readings
Classical reading?	kišāwarzī
Dari reading?	kišāwarzī
Iranian reading?	kešâvarzi
Tajik reading?	kišovarzi

Noun

کِشاوَرْزی • (kešâvarzi)

1. agriculture; farming

   Synonyms: فَلاحَت (falâhat), حِراثَت (herâsat), زِراعَت (zerâ'at)

   دانِشْکَدِۀ کِشاوَرْزی ― dâneškade-ye kešâvarzi ― Department of Agriculture

   زَمینِ کِشاوَرْزی ― zamin-e kešâvarzi ― agricultural land

   • c. 1060, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Safarnāma [Book of Travels]‎^[1]:

     کشاورزی ایشان همه گندم‌ست و بسیارست و درخت انجیر و زیتون و پسته و بادام و انگور فراوان‌ست، و آب شهر از باران و چاه باشد.

     kišāwarzī-yi ēšān hama gandum ast u bisyār ast u diraxt-i anjīr u zaytūn u pista u bādām u angūr farāwān ast, u āb-i šahr az bārān u čāh bāšad.

     Their agriculture is all wheat, and abundant. There are a large number of fig, olive, pistachio, almond, and grape trees, and the water of the city is from rain and wells.