Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (’y’ptn' /⁠ayāftan⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *Habí + *Hap- (to reach, attain). The prefix is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Habʰí (to, against, for), while the root is from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep- (to take, seize, grab).[1] Cognate with Talysh آبه (ābe).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? yāftan
Dari reading? yāftan
Iranian reading? yâftan
Tajik reading? yoftan

Verb

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Dari یافتن
Iranian Persian
Tajik ёфтан

یافتن (yâftan) (present stem یاب (yâb))

  1. to acquire, find
    Synonym: پیدا کردن (peydâ kardan)
    آخر چگونه می‌توان راه‌حل مناسبی برای چنین مشکل بغرنجی یافت! (more literary)
    âxar cegune mi-tavân râh-e hall-e monâseb-i barâ-ye cenin moškel-e boğranj-i yâft!
    But how is one to find a suitable solution for such an intractable problem!

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 161-3