استخدام · اِسْتِخْدَام — hiring, employment (estexdām kardan 'to hire')
Shifted meaningCertainnoun · Work & money · common
Same word, but the meaning has moved. Overlaps, with a twist.
Arabic
اِسْتِخْدَام
istikhdām/ʔistixdaːm/
In Arabic
use, utilization; also employment
Arabic says: تَوْظِيف tawẓīf
Persian
استخدام
estexdām/estexdɒm/
In Persian
hiring, employment (estexdām kardan 'to hire')
- Root
- خ د م
- Pattern
- اِسْتِفْعَال
Note. In Arabic istikhdām is mostly 'using' something (istikhdām al-ḥāsūb, using the computer); Persian keeps only the 'employing a person' sense.
Sources: Dehkhoda · Moʻin · Wehr