gwptn'

Middle Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *gáwbati.

Verb

gwptn' • (guftan)

1. to say, speak

Descendants

• Classical Persian: گفتن (guftan)
  • Dari: گفتن (guftan)
  • Iranian Persian: گفتن (goftan)
  • Tajik: гуфтан (guftan)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 38
• Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*gaub”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 113–114