See also: تافتن

Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (wp- /⁠waf-⁠/, to weave), from Proto-Iranian *wabdi, Proto-Indo-Iranian *wabdʰi, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-. Compare Greek υφαίνω (yfaíno), English weave, Avestan ubdaēna ("made of cloth"), and Sanskrit उभ्नाति (ubhnāti, entwine).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? bāftan
Dari reading? bāftan
Iranian reading? bâftan
Tajik reading? boftan
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Verb

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Dari بافتن
Iranian Persian
Tajik бофтан

بافتَن (bâftan) (present stem باف (bâf))

  1. to weave
  2. to braid
  3. to plait
  4. to knit

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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