Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian [script needed] (psnd-ytn' /⁠passandīdan⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *pati- (towards, from Proto-Indo-European *préti) + *sand (to seem good, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kand-; cognate with Sanskrit चन्द् (cand, to gladden)).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? pasandīḏan
Dari reading? pasandīdan
Iranian reading? pasandidan
Tajik reading? pasandidan

Verb edit

پسندیدن (pasandidan) (present stem پسند (pasand)) (formal)

  1. to approve; to endorse; to like
    • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 5”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎[1]:
      در کوی نیک‌نامی ما را گذر ندادند
      گر تو نمی‌پسندی تغییر کن قضا را
      dar kôy-i nêk-nâmî mâ râ guzar na-dâdand
      gar tu na-mê-pasandî tağyîr kun qazâ râ
      I was granted no passage in the alley of good reputation;
      If you don’t approve—change destiny.
      (romanization in Classical Persian)
  2. to choose; to select

Conjugation edit