پشت

See also: بست, پست, and تست

Persian

Noun

Dari	پشت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	пушт

پشت • (pošt)

1. (anatomy) back
2. rear
3. behind
4. (archaic) catamite
5. generation, descent

Derived terms

• لاک‌پشت (lâk-pošt)
• گوژپشت (gužpošt)

Pronunciation 2

Preposition

Dari	پشت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	пушти

1. behind

   وی پشت درخت پنهان می‌شود.

   Vey pošt-e deraxt panhân mi-šavad. (more literary)

   او پشت درخت پنهون می‌شه.

   U pošt-e deraxt penhun mi-še. (more colloquial)

   He/she is hiding behind the tree.

Derived terms

• پشت سر

Descendants

• Tajik: пушт (pušt)
• → Ottoman Turkish: پوشت (puşt), بوشت (buşt)
  • Turkish: puşt
  • → Albanian: posht
  • → Armenian: փուշտ (pʻušt)
  • → Aromanian: pushtu
  • → Greek: πούστης (poústis)
  • → Romanian: puști
• → Punjabi: ਪੁਸ਼ਤ (puśat)