Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (randīdan, to scratch, grate, abrade). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (to lower, to go down).
Cognates include Baluchi رندگ (randag, to comb), and Ossetian рӕндун (rændun, to smooth, iron).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? randīḏan
Dari reading? randīdan
Iranian reading? randidan
Tajik reading? randidan

Verb

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Dari رندیدن
Iranian Persian
Tajik рандидан

رَندیدَن (randidan) (present stem رَند (rand))

  1. to grate (in cooking: to shred by rubbing)
  2. (archaic) to shave
    Synonym: تَراشیدَن (tarâšidan)
  3. (archaic) to scrape
    Synonym: خَراشیدَن (xarâšidan)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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