Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Parthian yʾd- (yād-, to reach (a goal), come to, attain).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? yāzīḏan
Dari reading? yāzīdan
Iranian reading? yâzidan
Tajik reading? yozidan

Verb

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یازیدن (yâzidan)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) to attain, to reach or come to
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) to attain, to come or arrive

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “yʾd-”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols