برانداختن

Persian

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Etymology

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From بر (bar) +‎ انداختن (andâxtan).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? barandāxtan
Dari reading? barandāxtan
Iranian reading? barandâxtan
Tajik reading? barandoxtan

Verb

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برانداختن (barandâxtan) (present stem برانداز (barandâz))

  1. to overthrow
  2. to cancel; to abolish
  3. (obsolete, original sense) to throw down; to throw away
    • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 86:
      قرمزی پوش برانداخته رنگ از می لعل
      همچو خوبان فرنگ و بت ترسا لاله
      qirmizī pōš barandāxta rang az may-i la'l
      hamčū xūbān-i farang u but-i tarsā lāla
      Having thrown down robes of red [to the ground], its color from ruby wine,
      The tulip is just like European belles and Christian beauties.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Conjugation

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