آزمایش

See also: آزمائش

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːz.mɑː.ˈjiʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːz.mɑː.jɪ́ʃ]

• (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

Dari	آزمایش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	озмоиш

آزمایش • (âzmâyeš) (plural آزمایش‌ها (âzmâyeš-hâ) or آزمایشات (âzmâyešât))

1. 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)

2. test, experiment

   Synonym: تست (test)

3. test, examination

   Synonym: امتحان (emtehân)

4. 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