Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠griftan⁠/), from Old Persian [Term?] (/⁠grab-⁠/, to seize), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebh₂- (to grab, seize). Cognates include Central Kurdish گرتن (girtin), Baluchi گرگ (girag), Sanskrit गृह्णाति (gṛhṇāti, he seizes), Russian гра́бить (grábitʹ), German greifen, and English grab.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? giriftan
Dari reading? giriftan
Iranian reading? gereftan
Tajik reading? giriftan
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Verb

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Dari گرفتن
Iranian Persian
Tajik гирифтан

گرفتن (gereftan) (present stem گیر (gir))

  1. to grab
  2. to grip
  3. to take
  4. to get
  5. to catch
    گربه دو موش را گرفت.
    gorbe do muš râ gereft.
    The cat caught two mice.
  6. to hold
  7. to seize
  8. to receive

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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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 119-21