برشتن
Persian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Persian blyštn' (brištan, “to roast”), ultimately from a Western Iranian derivative of Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰr̥ȷ́yáti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥ǵ-yé-ti, from *bʰerǵ ~ *bʰreǵ (“to roast, fry”). Cognate with Sanskrit भृज्जति (bhṛjjati), Latin frigo (whence English fry) and Ancient Greek φρύγω (phrúgō).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [bi.ɾiʃ.tan]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [be.ɹeʃ.t̪ʰæn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [bi.ɾiʃ.t̪ʰän]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | birištan |
| Dari reading? | birištan |
| Iranian reading? | bereštan |
| Tajik reading? | birištan |
Verb edit
| Dari | برشتن |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | бириштан |
برشتن • (bereštan) (present stem بریز (beriz) or برز (berez))
- to toast; to roast; to fry
- Bible Ezekiel 4:9:
- پس گندم و جو و باقلا و عدس و ارزن و ماشک برای خود گرفته، آنها را در یک ظرف بریز و خوراکی از آنها برای خود بپز
- Thus, take with you wheat, barley, beans, lentiles, millet and vetch and, having placed them in a pot, roast them and feed yourself with that which you have cooked
- پس گندم و جو و باقلا و عدس و ارزن و ماشک برای خود گرفته، آنها را در یک ظرف بریز و خوراکی از آنها برای خود بپز
Usage notes edit
The present stem is not used in Persian, but only in southern dialects such as Bandar Abbasi.
References edit
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “brištan”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press