Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (šk’p-tn' /⁠škāftan⁠/), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kop- (to strike, to beat). Related to اشکفت (eškeft).

Compare Ancient Greek κόπτω (kóptō, strike, cut, shake), Old Church Slavonic скопити (skopiti, castrate), Lithuanian kaplys (hatchet), Old High German happa (scythe), English hatchet.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? šikāftan
Dari reading? šikāftan
Iranian reading? šekâftan
Tajik reading? šikoftan

Verb

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Dari شکافتن
Iranian Persian
Tajik шикофтан

شکافتن (šekâftan) (present stem شکاف (šekâf))

  1. to cleave, cut, incise
  2. to rupture
  3. to split

Conjugation

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