پیش

See also: بئش, بیس, بيس, تیس, and بئس

Persian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Dari	پیش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	пеш

Readings
Classical reading?	p
Dari reading?	p
Iranian reading?	p
Tajik reading?	p

Noun

پیش • (piš)

1. front part; (with ezâfe) in front of, before

   Antonym: پس (pas)

Derived terms

• پیشتخته (piš-taxte, “desk”)
• پیش (pišeš, “before, in front of”)

Adjective

پیش • (piš)

1. ago, before, past

   پنج ساعت پیش ― panj sâ'at-e piš ― five hours ago

   هفته پیش ― hafte-ye piš ― last week

2. of the past

Adverb

1. before, previously
2. in advance
3. (of movement) forward, ahead

Derived terms

• پیش از (piš az, “before”)
• از پیش (az piš, “from old”)
• پیش آمدن (piš âmadan, “to happen, to come up”)
• پیش آوردن (piš âvordan, “to put forth”)
• پیش افتادن (piš oftâdan, “to outrun”)
• پیش بردن (piš bordan, “to win”)
• پیش رفتن (piš raftan, “to progress”)
• پیش کشیدن (piš kešidan, “to take up”)
• پش گرفتن (piš gereftan, “to set oneself to”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: piş
• → Bengali: পেশ (peś)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: पेश (peś)

  Urdu: پیش (peś)

• → Ottoman Turkish: پش (peş)
  • Turkish: peş
  • → Middle Armenian: փէշ (pʻēš)
    • Armenian: փեշ (pʻeš)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਪੇਸ਼ (peś)

  Shahmukhi script: پیش (peś)

• → Uzbek: pesh

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Urdu

Adjective

پیش • (peś) (Hindi spelling पेश)

1. presented
2. in front