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navisht, or nivisht[v.n. of nivishtan, fr. Zend ni+pish; S. िन+िपष् ;—cf. Heb. & Chald. nishtevān; Gr. ἐπιστολή], s.f. Writing;—(contrac. of navishta, q.v.) 'that which is written,' a writing, a document; an epistle, a letter:—navisht-ḵẖẉānd, s.f. Writing and reading;—epistolary correspondence;—engagement or compact in writing, a bond:—navisht-ě-ḵẖudā, s.f. The prescience of God, divine predestination:—sar-navisht, 'What is written on the forehead,' destiny.
Origin: Persian