Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾplʾstn' /⁠abrāštan⁠/, to lift, raise), is a compound verb, so the elements are *af- from Proto-Iranian *Hapá (off, away, from) or Proto-Indo-European *upó (under, below, towards) + *rāš- from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hraštás (straightened, right).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? afrāštan
Dari reading? afrāštan
Iranian reading? afrâštan
Tajik reading? afroštan

Verb

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افراشتن (afrâštan) (present stem افراز (afrâz))

  1. to raise, to elevate, to lift, to exalt, to erect

Conjugation

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References

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Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “افراشتن”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim