باهوش

باهوش

Persian

Alternative forms

• با هوش‎ (bâ-huš)

Etymology

با‎ (bâ, “with”) +‎ هوش‎ (huš, “intellect”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /bɑːhoːʃ/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /bɑːhoːʃ/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /bɒːhuːʃ/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /bɔhɵʃ/

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Adjective

باهوش • (bâ-huš)

1. intelligent; smart

   Synonym: زیرک‎ (zirak)

   Antonyms: کودن‎ (kowdan), خنگ‎ (xeng)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 4031:

     ‏ور بداند ره دل با هوش او / کی رود هر های و هو در گوش او‎

     v-ar be-dânad rah del-e bâ-huš-e u / key ravad har hây o hu dar guš-e u

     But if his wise heart knows the way, how should every hey and ho go into his ear?