کشف

See also: كشف and ك ش ف

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic كَشْف (kašf).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kaʃf]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃf]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃf]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃf]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃf]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæʃf]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃf]

Readings
Classical reading?	kašf
Iranian reading?	kašf
Tajik reading?	kašf

Noun

کشف • (kašf)

1. discovery
2. disclosure
3. revelation

Derived terms

• کشف کردن (kašf kardan, “to discover”)

 

Related terms

• کاشف (kâšef)

 

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kšwk' /⁠kašawag⁠/, “tortoise”), from Proto-Iranian *kacyápah. Cognate with Sanskrit कच्छप (kacchapa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ka.ˈʃaf]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.ʃǽf]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.ʃǽf]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰä.ʃǽf]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.ʃǽf]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.ʃǽf]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.ʃǽf]

Readings
Classical reading?	kašaf
Iranian reading?	kašaf
Tajik reading?	kašaf

Noun

کشف • (kašaf)

1. (archaic) tortoise, turtle

   Synonym: لاک‌پشت (lâk-pošt)

2. (astrology, obsolete) Cancer

Derived terms

• کشف‌رود (kašaf-rud)

 

Descendants

• → Gujarati: કશફ (kaśaph)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کشف”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

Urdu

Etymology 1

From Arabic كَشْف (kašf).

Noun

کشف • (kašf) m

1. opening
2. declaration
3. manifestation
4. disclosure
5. apocalypse
6. revelation
7. discovery

Related terms

• کاشف
• کشاف
• کشفی

Etymology 2

From Classical Persian کشف (kašaf). Cognate with Sanskrit कच्छप (kacchapa).

Noun

کشف • (kašaf) m

1. tortoise