نهاد

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian. Compare Middle Persian nyh’dg (nihādag, “foundation, base”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ni.ˈhaːd/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ne̞.ɦɑːd̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ni.jɑːd̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ni.jɔːd̪̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ne.ɦɒːd̪̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.ɦɔd̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	nihād
Dari reading^?	nehād
Iranian reading^?	nehâd
Tajik reading^?	nihod

Noun

نهاد • (nahâd, nehâd)

(archaic) nature
- 9th century, Rudaki
  خدای عرشِ جهان را چنین نهاد نهاد
  که گاه مردم شادان و گه بُوَد ناشا‌د
  xudây arš-î jahân râ čenîn nahâd nahâd
  kî gâh mardum-î šâdân u gah buvad nâšâd.
(archaic) personality, disposition, impression
― bigâne-nahâd ― unfriendly, of strange nature

― xâki-nahâd ― of humble nature

― âtaš-nahâd ― ill-tempered, of unkind nature

― niku-nahâd ― of friendly nature

Derived terms

نهادی (nahâdi, “natural”)

Descendants

→ Urdu: نہاد (nihād)

Etymology 2

Related to the verb نهادن (nahâdan, “to place, to put, to establish”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /na.ˈhaːd/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.ɦɑ́ːd̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɑːɑ́ːd̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nɔːɔ́ːd̪̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næ.ɦɒ́ːd̪̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.ɦɔ́d̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	nahād
Dari reading^?	nahād
Iranian reading^?	nahâd
Tajik reading^?	nahod

Noun

نهاد • (nahâd) (plural نهادها)

institution

Derived terms

نهادی (nahâdi)
نهادگرا (nahâd-garâ)
نهادگرایی (nahâd-garâyi)

Etymology 3

Verb

نهاد • (nahâd)

past stem of

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “نهاد”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “نهاد”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “nyh’dg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 59