پیشوا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian پیشوا (pišvâ).

Noun

پیشوا • (pişüva, pişiva)

  1. one who is a model, someone whom others follow or imitate, guide, exemplar, initiator, instructor
    Synonyms: امام (imam), مرشد (mürşid), قلاغوز (kılağuz, kılavuz, kulağuz, kulavuz)
  2. superior, boss, leader, chief, head
    Synonyms: رییس (reis), باش (baş), قلاغوز (kılağuz, kılavuz, kulağuz, kulavuz), مدیر (müdir, müdür)

Descendants
  • Turkish: pişüva, pişiva (archaic)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (pyšʾwpʾd /⁠pēšōbāy⁠/, “leader, vanguard”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [pʰeːʃ.wɑ́ː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [pʰeːʃ.wɑ́ː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [pʰeːʃ.wɔ́ː]

Readings
Classical reading? pēšwā
Dari reading? pēšwā
Iranian reading? pišvâ
Tajik reading? pešvo

Noun
Dari پیشوا
Iranian Persian
Tajik пешво

پیشوا • (pišvâ)

  1. one who is a model, someone whom others follow or imitate, guide, exemplar, initiator, instructor
    Synonyms: امام (emâm), مرشد (moršed), رهبر (rahbar), دلیل (dalil)
  2. superior, boss, leader, chief, head
    Synonyms: لیدر (lider), مدیر (modir)

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: pişva
  • → Bengali: পেশওয়া (peśōẇa)
  • → Gujarati: પેશવા (peśvā)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: पेशवा (peśvā)
    Urdu: پیشوا (peśvā)
  • → Kannada: ಪೇಷ್ವೆ (pēṣve)
  • → Malayalam: പേഷ്വ (pēṣva)
  • → Marathi: पेशवा (peśvā)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: پیشوا (pişüva, pişiva)
    • Turkish: pişüva, pişiva (archaic)
  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਪੇਸ਼ਵਾ (peśvā)
    Shahmukhi script: پیشوا (peśoā)
  • → Tamil: பேஷ்வா (pēṣvā)
  • → Telugu: పీష్వా (pīṣvā)

Proper noun

پیشوا • (pišvâ)

  1. A city, the county seat of Pishva County, Iran.

References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “پیشوا”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Vullers, Johann August (1855) “پیشوا”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 399b
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “pēšōbāy”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 68
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