Persian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *pačati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *páčati, from Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (to cook, become ripe).[1]

Cognates with Mazanderani بپتن (bapeten), Baluchi پچگ (pačag, to fry, bake), Northern Kurdish pêtin, Yagnobi пухсак (puxsak).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? puxtan
Dari reading? puxtan
Iranian reading? poxtan
Tajik reading? puxtan

Verb

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Dari پختن
Iranian Persian
Tajik пухтан

پختن (poxtan) (present stem پز (paz))[2]

  1. to cook
  2. to bake
  3. to broil
  4. to make ready
  5. to ripen
  6. to render well disposed towards, canvass for, gain for one's interests

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 286
  2. ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “پختن”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul