Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian pdrʾst, pdrʾy- (padrāst, padrāy-, to prepare, make ready). Cognate with Talysh پرانده (perānde). Related to Old Armenian պատրաստ (patrast), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? pērāstan
Dari reading? pērāstan
Iranian reading? pirâstan
Tajik reading? perostan

Verb

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Dari پیراستن
Iranian Persian
Tajik перостан

پیراستن (pirâstan) (present stem پیرا (pirâ))

  1. to adorn, decorate, ornament, embellish (especially by cutting, clipping, or taking away)
  2. to prune, clip, trim
  3. to diminish
  4. to tan

Conjugation

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References

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  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “پیراستن”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “pdrʾy-”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols