مساعدت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُسَاعَدَة (musāʕada).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mu.saː.ʔa.ˈdat/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.sɑː.ʔä.d̪ǽt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.sɑːä.d̪ǽt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.sɔːä.d̪ǽt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.sɒː.ʔe.d̪ǽt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.sɔ.ʔä.d̪ǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	musā'adat
Dari reading^?	musā'adat
Iranian reading^?	mosâ'edat
Tajik reading^?	muso'adat

Noun

مساعدت • (mosâ'edat)

assistance, aid
- c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “Qaṣīda 43”, in دیوان فرخی سیستانی [Dīvān of Farrukhī]‎^[1]:
  عشق خوشست ار مساعدت بود از یار
  یار مساعد نه اندکست و نه بسیار
  išq-i xwaš ast ar musā'adat buwad az yār
  yār-i musā'ad na andak ast u na bisyār
  It is a happy love if there is help from the beloved;
  Helpful beloveds are neither few nor many.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مساعدت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim