پیش از

Persian

Etymology

(piš, “previously, fore, front”) +‎ (az, “from”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [peːʃ ʔaz]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰeːʃ ʔäz]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰeːʃ ʔäz]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰeːʃ ʔäz]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰiːʃ ʔæz]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰeʃ ʔäz]

Readings
Classical reading^?	pēš az
Dari reading^?	pēš az
Iranian reading^?	piš az
Tajik reading^?	peš az

Preposition

پیش از • (piš az)

before
Synonym: قبل از (qabl az)

Antonyms: پس از (pas az), بعد از (ba'd az)
- 1967, Samad Behrangi, ماهی سیاه کوچولو [The Little Black Fish]:
  تو ما را از خواب خرگوشی بیدار کردی، به ما چیزهایی یاد دادی که پیش از این حتی فکرش را هم نکرده بودیم.
  to mâ-râ az xâb-e xarguši bidâr kardi, be mâ čiz-hâ-yi yâd dâdi ke piš az in hattâ fekr-eš-râ ham na-karde budim.
  You woke us up from our stupor; you taught us things that we hadn't even thought about before now.

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