پشتیبان

Persian

Alternative forms

پشتیوان (puštīwān / poštivân), پشتبان (puštbān / poštbân), پشتوان (puštwān / poštvân), پشتوانه (puštwāna / poštvâne)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (puštībān, “supporter, bodyguard”), analyzable in New Persian as (pušt / pošt, “back”) +‎ (-bān / -bân, “keeper, support, guard”). Compare Northern Kurdish piştevan.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /puʃ.tiː.ˈbaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰʊʃ.t̪ʰiː.bɑːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰʊʃ.t̪ʰiː.bɑːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰuʃ.t̪ʰi.bɔːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰoʃ.t̪ʰiː.bɒːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰuʃ.t̪ʰi.bɔn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	puštībān
Dari reading^?	puštībān
Iranian reading^?	poštibân
Tajik reading^?	puštibon

Adjective

پشتیبان • (puštībān / poštibân) (Tajik spelling пуштибон)

Noun

پشتیبان • (puštībān / poštibân) (Tajik spelling пуштибон)

Derived terms

پشتیبانی (puštbānī / poštbâni)
- (puštbānī kardan / poštbâni kardan)

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “puštībān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 70
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “پشتیبان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press