Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian ‘wsk’l-tn' (uskārdan, to think, consider). Ultimately a derivation of Proto-Indo-Iranian *kar- (to do, make, construct).
Related to نگاشتن (negâštan, to write, to inscribe), کردن (kardan, to do, make, fix), etc..

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? sigālīḏan
Dari reading? sigālīdan
Iranian reading? segâlidan
Tajik reading? sigolidan

Verb

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سگالیدن (segâlidan)

  1. (literary) to think, consider, discuss
    • 9th century, Firdowsi, Shahnameh
      تو بیکاری و جان بکار اندر دارد
      سر بد سگالت به دار اندر است
      tu be-kâr-î u jân ba kâr andar dârad
      sar-î bad-sigâl-at ba dâr andar dârad
    Synonyms: اندیشیدن (andišidan), فکر کردن (fekr kardan)

Conjugation

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