Persian

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Etymology

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Causative of پوشیدن (pušidan, to put on clothes, to wear).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? pōšāndan
Dari reading? pōšāndan
Iranian reading? pušândan
Tajik reading? püšondan

Verb

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پوشاندن (pušândan) (transitive)

  1. to clothe, to dress
  2. to cover, to veil
    • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 123:
      هر روز چو مه روی مپوشان مکشم زار
      دیوانه خود را مفکن در بدر ای دوست
      har rōz čū mah rōy mapōšān makašam zār
      dēwāna-yi xwad rā mafikan dar ba-dar ay dōst
      Do not veil your face like the moon each day, do not make me mournful;
      Do not cast aside like a vagrant the one who is mad for you, o friend!
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  3. to envelope, to wrap up
  4. to conceal, to hide

Conjugation

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