Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian [script needed] (plyst-ʾtn' /⁠frēstādan⁠/), which seems to be a compound. If so, the elements are most likely from "fra-" and "sta-". For the first element see "for-". For the second element see ایستادن.

Pronunciation edit

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Readings
Classical reading? firistāḏan
Dari reading? firistādan
Iranian reading? ferestâdan
Tajik reading? firistodan

Verb edit

Dari فرستادن
Iranian Persian
Tajik фиристодан

فرستادن (ferestâdan) (present stem فرست (ferest))

  1. to send
    فرستادن نیروferestâdan-e nirusending troops [abroad, etc.]
    با پست فرستادنbâ post ferestâdansending by post
    نامه‌ای که فرستاده بودnâme-ye ke ferestâde budletter which he had sent
    به مدرسه فرستادنbe madrese ferestâdanto send to school
    • 1590, Inscription at the Mughal fort of Hari Parbat, Kashmir:
      کرور و ده لاکه از مخزن فرستاد دو صد استاد هندی جمله چاکر نکرده هیچکس بیگار آنجا
      korur-o dah lâkh az maxzan ferestâd do sad ostâd-e hendi jomle čâkar na-karde hič-kas bigâr ânjâ
      He sent a crore and ten lakhs from the treasury, and two hundred Indian masters, all his servants. Nobody was forced to do unpaid labor there.
    • c. 1655, دبستان مذاهب [Dabistān-i Mazāhib]:
      و یزدان بهر آباد نامه‌ای فرستاد دساتیر نام که در او هر دانش و همه زبان بود. آن مشتمل بر چندین دفتر و به هر لغتی چند مجلد.
      va yazdân bahr-e âbâd nâme-ye ferestâd dasâtir-e nâm ke dar u har dâneš va hame zabân bud. ân moštamel bar čandin daftar va be har loğati čand mojallad.
      And God sent for Ābād's sake a book, Dasātir by name, within which there is all knowledge and every language. It includes several tomes and several volumes in every language.

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