Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From بر (bar, on, onto) +‎ داشتن (dâštan, to have).

    Pronunciation

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    Readings
    Classical reading? bardāštan
    Dari reading? bardāštan
    Iranian reading? bardâštan
    Tajik reading? bardoštan

    Verb

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    Dari بَرْداشتَن
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik бардоштан

    بَرْداشتَن (bardâštan) (present stem بَردار (bardâr))

    1. to pick up
      Antonym: گذاشتن (gozâštan, to put; to place)
      خودکار را از روی میز برمی‌دارم. (more literary)
      xodkâr-râ az ru-ye miz bar-mi-dâram.
      خودکار و از روی میز برمی‌دارم. (more colloquial)
      xodkâr-o az ru-ye miz bar-mi-dâram.
      I pick up the ballpoint pen from the table.
    2. to take; to remove
      Synonym: گرفتن (gereftan)
    3. to take off
    4. to raise

    Conjugation

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    References

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    1. ^ Miller, Corey, Livingston, Jace, Vinson, Mark, Triebwasser Prado, Thomas (2014) Persian Dialects: As Spoken in Iran[1], University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language, page 15:Peisikov (1960, section 33) notes words with /b/ in the standard language that can be pronounced with /v/ in Tehrani: بردار 'take!' /värdar/, باز ایست 'stop!' /vaysta/. Another example is باز کن 'open!' /vakon/.