Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (gwmʾl-tn' /⁠gumārdan⁠/), 𐫃𐫇𐫖𐫀𐫡𐫅𐫗 (gwmʾrdn /⁠gumārdan⁠/, to appoint, commission, entrust), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mere (to delay, hinder). Cognate with Latin mora (delay).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? gumāštan
Dari reading? gumāštan
Iranian reading? gomâštan
Tajik reading? gumoštan

Verb

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Dari گماشتن
Iranian Persian
Tajik гумоштан

گماشتن (gomâštan) (present stem گمار (gomâr))

  1. (transitive) to appoint, to consign to (someone to a post or role)
    • 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 78:
      ظلم این قدر بجان فگارم گماشتی
      یک روز نیز بر دل غمگین گمار عدل
      zulm īn qadr ba-jān-i fagāram gumāštī
      yak rōz nēz bar dil-i ğamgīn gumār adl
      You have appointed tyranny to my wounded heart so much;
      One day, appoint justice to my sad heart as well.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Conjugation

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