دریافتن

Persian

Etymology

در (dar) +‎ یافتن (yâftan).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [daɾ.jɑːf.tan]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.jɑːf.t̪ʰän]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.jɑːf.t̪ʰän]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.jɑːf.t̪ʰän]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.jɔːf.t̪ʰän]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æɹ.jɒːf.t̪ʰæn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.jɔf.t̪ʰän]

Readings
Classical reading?	daryāftan
Dari reading?	daryāftan
Iranian reading?	daryâftan
Tajik reading?	daryoftan

Verb

دریافتن • (daryâftan) (present stem دریاب (daryâb))

1. (formal) to understand; to realize

   Synonyms: فهمیدن (fahmidan), متوجه شدن (motevajjeh šodan), پی بردن (pey bordan)

2. (formal) to aid; to succor
3. to overtake; to secure; to get hold of
   • c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “Qaṣīda 136”, in دیوان فرخی سیستانی [Dīvān of Farrukhī]‎^[1]:

     چشم بد ناگهان مرا دریافت
     کارم از چشم بد رسید بجان

     čašm-i bad nāgahān ma-rā daryāft
     kār-am az čašm-i bad rasīd ba jān

     The evil eye suddenly overcame me,
     My affairs were brought nearly to an end by the evil eye.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “دریافتن”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “دریافتن”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim