کاشف

See also: كاشف

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كاشِف (kāšif).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kɑː.ˈʃif]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.ʃɪ́f]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.ʃɪ́f]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.ʃɪ́f]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰɔː.ʃíf]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɒː.ʃéf]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɔ.ʃíf]

Readings
Classical reading?	kāšif
Dari reading?	kāšif
Iranian reading?	kâšef
Tajik reading?	košif

Noun

کاشف • (kâšef)

1. discoverer

   کاشف پنسيلين ― kâšef-e penisilin ― discoverer of penicillin

   • c. 1430, Shāh Ni'matullāh, “Ghazal 1196”, in دیوان شاه نعمت‌الله‎^[1]:

     ما کاشف معنی کلامیم
     ما واصف صورت شمائیم
     ما صدرنشین کوی عشقیم
     ما صوفی صفهٔ صفائیم

     mā kāšif-i ma'nā-yi kalām-ēm
     mā wāsif-i sūrat-i šumā-ēm
     mā sadrnišīn-i kōy-i išq-ēm
     mā sufī-yi suffa-yi safā-ēm

     We are the discoverers of the meaning of speech;
     We are the eulogy of your appearance;
     We are those sitting foremost at the alley of love;
     We are the Sufis of the vestibule of purity.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Related terms

• کشف (kašf, “discovery”)

 

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کاشف (kāšif), from Arabic كاشِف (kāšif).

Noun

کاشِف • (kāśif) m (Hindi spelling काशिफ़)

1. discoverer
2. detector
3. revealer
4. explainer

Related terms

• کَشْف (kaśf)
• کشاف
• کَشْفِی (kaśfī)