Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian gwkl'-tn' (gugārīdan), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wi (apart) + *kʷer- (to do, make, construct); literally meaning “to do away”.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? guwāštan
Dari reading? guwāštan
Iranian reading? govâštan
Tajik reading? guvoštan

Verb

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گواشتن (govâštan) (present stem گوار (govâr))

  1. to digest
  2. to absorb

Conjugation

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References

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  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “gwkl'-tn'”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 38
  • Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 262