Persian edit

Etymology edit

From earlier سختن (saxtan), from Middle Persian [script needed] (s’htnˈ /⁠saxtan⁠/), from the present stem Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (snc /⁠sanǰ-⁠/, to weigh), from Proto-Iranian *θanǰáyati, from Proto-Indo-European *t(ʰ)ongʰ-éye-ti, from *t(ʰ)engʰ- (to draw, pull back), perhaps an extension of *ten-. Cognate to Younger Avestan 𐬚𐬀𐬧𐬘𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬧𐬙𐬈 (θaṇjaiieṇte, 3pl.pres.med.).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? sanjīḏan
Dari reading? sanjīdan
Iranian reading? sanjidan
Tajik reading? sanjidan

Verb edit

سنجیدن (sanjidan) (present stem سنج (sanj))

  1. (archaic or dialectal) to weigh
  2. to measure
  3. to evaluate
  4. to ponder, reflect

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 406b
  2. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*θanĵ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 391–392
  3. ^ Cabolov, R. L. (2010) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 261

Further reading edit

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “saxtan, sanǰ”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 74