Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian škstn' (škastan, to break), from Proto-Iranian *sčand / *skand- (to break, cleave), from a blend of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ke(n)dh₂ (to shatter, scatter) (whence Ancient Greek σκίδνημι (skídnēmi, I scatter, strew)) and Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- (to split, tear).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? šikastan
Dari reading? šikastan
Iranian reading? šekastan
Tajik reading? šikastan

Verb

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شکستن (šekastan) (present stem شکن (šekan))

  1. (in general, of an object, a law, a promise, silence, etc.) to break
    Synonym: خرد کردن (xord kardan)

Conjugation

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References

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  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 342-3