Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (pycytn' /⁠pēčīdan⁠/, to twist, entwine), which is perhaps cognate with Sanskrit पिचति (picati, to curve, contract).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? pēčīḏan
Dari reading? pēčīdan
Iranian reading? pičidan
Tajik reading? pečidan

Verb

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پیچیدن (pêčidan) (present stem پیچ (pêč))

Dari پیچیدن
Iranian Persian
Tajik печидан
  1. to twist
  2. to wrap; to roll up
  3. (of travel) to turn
    بپیچین به راست.
    bepičin be râst
    Turn to the right

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • Cabolov, R. L. (2010) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 106–107
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 269