تحصیل

See also: تحصيل and تخضيل

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَحْصِيل (taḥṣīl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /tah.ˈsiːl/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäɦ.síːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäɦ.síːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.síːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔː.síl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæɦ.síːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäɦ.síl]

Readings
Classical reading?	tahsīl
Dari reading?	tahsīl
Iranian reading?	tahsil
Tajik reading?	tahsil

Noun

Dari	تَحصیل
Iranian Persian
Tajik	таҳсил

تَحصیل • (tahsil) (plural تحصیلات (tahsilât))

1. acquisition
2. (often in the plural) training, learning, study, education

   Synonyms: آموزش (âmuzeš), فراگیری (farâgiri), یادگیری (yâdgiri)

   تحصیل در خارج ― tahsil dar xârej ― studying abroad

   تحصیلات تکمیلی ― tahsilât-e takmili ― postgraduate education

   تحصیلات عالی (Dari) ― tahsilāt-i ālī ― higher education

Derived terms

• تحصیل کردن (tahsil kardan)
• تحصیلی (tahsili)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: तहसील (tahsīl)

  Urdu: تَحْصِیل (tahsīl)

  • → English: tahsil
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਤਹਿਸੀਲ (tahisīl)

  Shahmukhi script: تَحْصِیل (taḥṣīl), تَحِصِیل (taḥiṣīl)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تَحصیل (tahsil), from Arabic تَحْصِيل (taḥṣīl).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪əɦ.siːl/, [t̪ɛɦ.siːl]

Noun

تحصیل • (tahsīl) f (Hindi spelling तहसील)

1. tahsil

Synonyms

• تعلقہ (ta'alluqa)

References

• “تحصیل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.