Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (HNHTWN-tn' /⁠nihādan⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *ni- + *dádaHtī (from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰádʰaHti, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? nihāḏan
Dari reading? nehādan
Iranian reading? nehâdan
Tajik reading? nihodan

Verb

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Dari نهادن
Iranian Persian
Tajik ниҳодан

نهادن (nahâdan or nehâdan) (present stem نه (nah or neh))

  1. to put; to place; to lay; to set
    Synonyms: گُذاشتَن (gozâštan), قَرار دادَن (qarâr dâdan)
    • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 8”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎[1]:
      ساغر می بر کفم نه تا ز بَر
      برکشم این دلق ازرق‌فام را
      sâğar-i may bar kaff-am nih tâ zi bar
      barkašam în dalq-i azraq-fâm râ
      Place the wine goblet in my palm, so that from my chest
      I might pluck off this azure dervish cloak.
      (romanization in Classical Persian)

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