Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ptwstn' /⁠paywastan⁠/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (ptwnd- /⁠paywand-⁠/, to join, to connect), from Proto-Iranian *pati- + *bándati (to bind); see بستن (bastan) for the latter element.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? paywastan
Dari reading? paywastan
Iranian reading? peyvastan
Tajik reading? payvastan

Verb

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Dari پیوستن
Iranian Persian
Tajik пайвастан

پیوستن (peyvastan) (present stem پیوند (peyvand))

  1. to join; to unite with
    به دشمن پیوسته‌اند.
    be došman peyvaste-and.
    They have joined the enemy.

Conjugation

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