مصاحبه

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مُصَاحَبَة (muṣāḥaba, “company, accompaniment”), verbal noun of the verb صَاحَبَ (ṣāḥaba, “to accompany”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.sɑː.ha.ˈβa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.sɑː.ɦä.bǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.sɑː.ɦä.bǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.sɑːä.bǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.sɔːä.bǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.sɒː.ɦe.bé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.sɔ.ɦä.bǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	musāhaḇa
Dari reading?	musāhaba
Iranian reading?	mosâhebe
Tajik reading?	musohaba

Noun

Dari	مصاحبه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мусоҳаба

مصاحبه • (mosâhebe) (plural مصاحبات (mosâhebât) or مصاحبه‌ها (mosâhebe-hâ))

1. interview

   مصاحبۀ مطبوعاتی ― mosâhebe-ye matbu'âti ― press conference

2. face-to-face conversation

   Synonyms: گفتگو (goftogu), ملاقات (molâqât)

Derived terms

• مصاحبه شونده (mosâhebe šavande, “interviewee”)
• مصاحبه کردن (mosâhebe kardan, “to interview”)
• مصاحبه کننده (mosâhebe konande, “interviewer”)

 

References

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