Persian

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Etymology

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Cognate with خیدن (xidan); both with wrong meaning in Persian dictionaries due to a misunderstanding of the reading of Persian old texts.

Verb

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Dari بخیدن
Iranian Persian
Tajik бахидан

بخیدن (baxidan)

  1. to card (wool or cotton) (?)
  2. to tease (separate the fibres) (?)