کاشف

See also: كاشف

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كاشِف (kāšif).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? kāšif
Dari reading? kāšif
Iranian reading? kâšef
Tajik reading? košif

Noun

کاشف • (kâšef)

  1. discoverer
    کاشف پنسيلين ― kâšef-e penisilin ― discoverer of penicillin
    • c. 1430, Shāh Ni'matullāh, “Ghazal 1196”, in دیوان شاه نعمت‌الله‎[1]:
      ما کاشف معنی کلامیم
      ما واصف صورت شمائیم
      ما صدرنشین کوی عشقیم
      ما صوفی صفهٔ صفائیم
      mā kāšif-i ma'nā-yi kalām-ēm
      mā wāsif-i sūrat-i šumā-ēm
      mā sadrnišīn-i kōy-i išq-ēm
      mā sufī-yi suffa-yi safā-ēm
      We are the discoverers of the meaning of speech;
      We are the eulogy of your appearance;
      We are those sitting foremost at the alley of love;
      We are the Sufis of the vestibule of purity.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  • کشف (kašf, “discovery”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کاشف (kāšif), from Arabic كاشِف (kāšif).

Noun

کاشِف • (kāśif) m (Hindi spelling काशिफ़)

  1. discoverer
  2. detector
  3. revealer
  4. explainer
  • کَشْف (kaśf)
  • کشاف
  • کَشْفِی (kaśfī)
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