آزمایش

See also: آزمائش

Persian

Etymology

From (âzmây, present stem of (âzmudan, “to test, experience”)) +‎ (-eš).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaːz.maː.ˈjiʃ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːz.mɑː.jɪ́ʃ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːz.mɑː.jɪ́ʃ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔːz.mɔː.jíʃ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒːz.mɒː.jéʃ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔz.mɔ.jíʃ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	āzmāyiš
Dari reading^?	āzmāyiš
Iranian reading^?	âzmâyeš
Tajik reading^?	ozmoyiš

Noun


Iranian Persian	آزمایش
Dari	آزمایش
Tajik	озмоиш

آزمایش • (âzmâyeš) (plural آزمایش‌ها, or آزمایشات)

test, trial, ordeal
- c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The reign of Zahhāk”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎^[1]:
  چنین داد پاسخ به مادر که شیر
  نگردد مگر ز آزمایش دلیر
  čunīn dād pāsux ba mādar ki šēr
  na-gardad magar zi āzmāyiš dalēr
  He answered his mother like this: "The brave man does not become a lion[-like hero] except by a test."
  (Classical Persian romanization)
test, experiment
Synonym: تست (test)
test, examination
Synonym: امتحان (emtehân)
trial, temptation
Synonym: وسوسه (vasvase)

Derived terms

آزمایشگاه (âzmâyešgâh)
آزمایشی (âzmâyeši)

Related terms

آزمودن (âzmudan)
آزموده (âzmude)
آزمودگی (âzmudegi)
آزمون (âzmun)

Descendants

→ Bengali: আজমায়েশ (ajmaẏeś)
→ Gujarati: અજમાયશ (ajamāyaś)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: आज़माइश (āzmāiś)

Urdu: آزْمائِش (āzmāiś)

Further reading

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “آزمایش”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “آزمایش”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim