Persian

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Etymology

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فهم (fahm) +‎ ـیدن (-idan), from Arabic فَهْم (fahm).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? fahmīḏan
Dari reading? fahmīdan
Iranian reading? fahmidan
Tajik reading? fahmidan

Verb

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Dari فهمیدن
Iranian Persian
Tajik фаҳмидан

فَهْمیدَن (fahmidan) (present stem فَهْم (fahm))

  1. to understand (hear correctly and know the language)
  2. to understand intellectually; to get; to comprehend
    Synonym: درک کردن (dark kardan)
    نمی‌فهمم چرا از شعر پارسی خوشتان نمی‌آید.
    nemi-fahmam čerâ az še'r-e fârsi xošetân nemi-âyad
    I don't understand why you don't like Persian poetry.
  3. (Dari, colloquial) to know

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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