Tajik edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (šnʾhtn' /⁠šnāxtan⁠/, to recognize, to know), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎴𐎠𐎿𐎠𐏃𐎹 (x-š-n-a-s-a-h-y /⁠xšnāsāhiy⁠/), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (to know). Compare Northern Kurdish zanîn, Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬥𐬄𐬥 (zanąn, to recognize), Sanskrit जानाति (jānā́ti), Old Armenian ծան- (can-).

Verb edit

Dari شناختن
Iranian Persian
Tajik шинохтан

шинохтан (šinoxtan) (present stem шинос)

  1. to know, be acquainted with
  2. to acknowledge
  3. to discern, distinguish
  4. to inform, make known, define, describe
  5. to recognize
    Фикр мекунам он мардро мешиносам.Fikr mekunam on mardro mešinosam.I think I recognize that man.

Conjugation edit