پیشتخته

Persian

Etymology

تخته +‎ پیش

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [peːʃ.tax.ta]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰeːʃ.t̪ʰäx.t̪ʰä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰeːʃ.t̪ʰäx.t̪ʰä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰeːʃ.t̪ʰäx.t̪ʰä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰeːʃ.t̪ʰäx.t̪ʰä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰiːʃ.t̪ʰæx.t̪ʰe]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰeʃ.t̪ʰäχ.t̪ʰä]

Readings
Classical reading?	pēštaxta
Dari reading?	pēštaxta
Iranian reading?	pištaxte
Tajik reading?	peštaxta

Noun

پیشتخته • (piš-taxte)

1. desk, counter in a shop

   Synonym: پیشخوان

2. cashbox in a shop
3. springboard

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: piştaxta
• → Ottoman Turkish: پشتخته (peştahta)
  • Turkish: peştahta
  • → Armenian: փեշթախթա (pʻeštʻaxtʻa)
  • → Georgian: ფიშტახტი (pišṭaxṭi)
  • → Greek: μπεζαχτάς (bezachtás)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: pèštahta, пѐштахта

Further reading

• Rubinčik Ju. A., editor (1985), “پیشتخته”, in Persidsko-russkij slovarʹ [Persian–Russian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Russian), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “پیشتخته”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 216