الفختن

Persian

Alternative forms

• الفاختن (alfâxtan), الفخدن (alfaxdan), الفغدن (alfağdan), الفنجیدن (alfanjidan), الفندن (alfandan), الفیدن (alfidan)

Etymology

From Bactrian.

Verb

الفختن • (alfaxtan) (present stem الفنج (alfanj))

1. (archaic) to collect

   Synonyms: اندوختن (anduxtan); جمع کردن (jam' kardan)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “الفختن”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Mo'in, Mohammad (1972) “الفختن”, in Moeen Encyclopedic Dictionary [فرهنگ معین] (in Persian), Tehran: Amirkabir
• ʿAmīd, Ḥasan (1985) “الفختن”, in Farhang-e Fārsī-e ʿAmīd (in Persian), Tehrān: Amīrkabīr
• Jafari Dehaghi, Mahmud, Emadaldin Sadri, Amir (2012) “Vâmvâže-hey balxī dar pârsi now [Bactrian Loanwords in New-Persian]”, in Language Studies‎^[1] (in Persian), volume 2, number 4, Tehran: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, page 3