از

See also: ار, أر, and آر

Persian

Alternative forms

• ز (ze)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian 𐭬𐭭 (az), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎨𐎠 (hacā), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Iranian *Hača, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æz/

Preposition

Dari	از
Iranian Persian
Tajik	аз

1. from

   از او پرسیدم اگر می‌خواهد به ایران برود

   az u porsidam agar mikhâhad be irân beravad. (more literary)

   I asked him (lit. from he/him) if he wants to go to Iran.

2. since

   از کی تا حالا؟

   Az kéy tâ hâlâ?

   Since when?

3. than

   این کتاب از آن کتاب بهتر است.

   In ketâb az ân ketâb behtar ast. (more literary)

   This book is better than that one.

   این کتاب از اون کتاب بهتره.

   In ketâb az un ketâb behtar-e. (more colloquial)

   This book is better than that one.

4. of

Usage notes

In standard and colloquial modern Persian (more so in colloquial Persian), the preposition is used with an enclitic pronoun when a pronoun is the object of the sentence. For instance, the phrase “از او پرسیدم” (az u porsidam, lit. “from him (I) asked”) becomes “ازش پرسیدم” (az-aš porsidam) when using the enclitic third-person singular pronoun.

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian از (az).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /əz/

Preposition

از • (az)

1. from, by

   Synonym: سے (se)