Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *ā- + *gam- (to come), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (to, at) + *gʷem- (to walk, to step, to come);[1][2][3] exact cognate with English advent, and partial cognate with English come. The present stem comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (to go).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? āmaḏan
Dari reading? āmadan
Iranian reading? âmadan
Tajik reading? omadan
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Verb

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Dari آمدن
Iranian Persian
Tajik омадан

آمَدَن (âmadan) (present stem آ (â) or آی (ây))

  1. to come, to arrive
    فردا به تهران می‌آییم.
    fardâ be tehrân mi-âyim.
    We're coming to Tehran tomorrow.
  2. to become

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References

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  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 99
  2. ^ Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 11
  3. ^ Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 172