تهدید

See also: تهديد

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic تَهْدِيد (tahdīd, “threat”).

Pronunciation

(phonemic)

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tah.ˈdiːð]

 

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

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	tahdīḏ
Dari reading?	tahdīd
Iranian reading?	tahdid
Tajik reading?	tahdid

(phonetic)

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæhˈd̪iːd̪]

Noun

Dari	تهدید
Iranian Persian
Tajik	таҳдид

تَهدید • (tahdid) (plural تَهدیدات (tahdidât) or تَهدیدها (tahdid-hâ))

1. threat
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 2465:

     از تو تهدید و وعیدی می‌رسید / مجرمان را از عذاب بس شدید

     az to tahdid o va'id-i mi-rasid / mojremân râ az 'azâb-e bas šadid

     There was coming from thee to sinners a threat and menace of punishment exceedingly severe.

Derived terms

• تهدید کردن (tahdid kardan, “to threaten”)

See also

• قول (qowl, “promise”)
• وعده (va'de, “promise”)