Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian [script needed] (tn- /⁠tan-⁠/), present stem of [script needed] (ttn' /⁠tadan⁠/, to weave); the verb was regularized according to the present stem. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tanáwti, from Proto-Indo-European *tn̥néwti, from *ten- (to stretch, draw).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? tanīḏan
Dari reading? tanīdan
Iranian reading? tanidan
Tajik reading? tanidan

Verb edit

تنیدن (tanidan) (present stem تن (tan))

  1. to spin (a thread, a web, a cocoon, etc.)
  2. to weave
  3. to twist
  4. (archaic) to pay attention

Conjugation edit