Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pers- (to sprinkle, spatter). Compare پریشیدن (parišidan) and پریش (parêš). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬎𐬌𐬌𐬀 (paršuiia), Sanskrit पृषत् (pṛṣat).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? pāšīḏan
Dari reading? pāšīdan
Iranian reading? pâšidan
Tajik reading? pošidan

Verb

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Dari پاشیدن
Iranian Persian
Tajik пошидан

پاشیدن (pâšidan) (present stem پاش)

  1. to sprinkle
    Synonyms: ریختن (rixtan), برافشاندن (barâfšândan)
  2. to scatter
    Synonyms: افکندن (afkandan), افشاندن (afšândan), پراکندن (parâkandan), پریشیدن (parišidan)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 377
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “پاشیدن”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul