سفتن

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [suf.ˈtan]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sʊf.t̪ʰǽn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sʊf.t̪ʰǽn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sʊf.t̪ʰǽn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [suf.t̪ʰǽn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sof.t̪ʰǽn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [suf.t̪ʰǽn]

Readings
Classical reading?	suftan
Dari reading?	suftan
Iranian reading?	softan
Tajik reading?	suftan

Verb

سفتن • (softan) (present stem سنب (sonb))

1. (archaic) to bore, to pierce
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 170:

     پیشتر از نقش جان پذرفته‏اند
     پیشتر از بحر درها سفته‏اند

     pēš-tar az naqš jān pazrufta-and
     pēš-tar az bahr durr-hā sufta-and

     They have received the spirit before (the creation of) the form;
     they have bored the pearls before (the creation of) the sea.

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “سفتن”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim