Persian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *xrā́š- (to scratch), probably of sound-symbolic origin, similar to English scratch and German kratzen (to scratch).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [xæɾɒːʃiːˈdæn]

Verb

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خراشیدن (xarâšidan) (present stem خراش (xarâš))

  1. to scratch, to scrape

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 449