زدن

See also: ردن

Arabic

Verb

زِدْنَ (zidna) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine plural active imperative of زَادَ (zāda)
  2. third-person feminine plural past active of زَادَ (zāda)
  3. third-person feminine plural past passive of زَادَ (zāda)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (MHYTWN-n /zadan/) (root [script needed] (zn- /zan-/)), from Old Persian 𐎩𐎫𐎡𐎹 (j-t-i-y /jaⁿtiy/, to strike, defeat) (root [Term?] (/ja(n)-/)), from Proto-Iranian *ǰántī, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰʰánti, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰénti (to slay, strike).[1] Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬘𐬀𐬌𐬧𐬙𐬌 (jaiṇti), Sanskrit हन्ति (hánti).

Pronunciation

Dari Persian زدن
Iranian Persian زدن
Tajiki Persian задан (zadan)

Verb

زدن (zadan) (present stem ﺯن (zan))

  1. to beat, hit, strike
  2. to play (an instrument)
    من پیانو می‌زنم و دوست من گیتار می‌زند. (more literary)
    man piyâno mi-zanam va dust-e man gitâr mi-zanad.
    من پیانو می‌زنم و دوستم گیتار می‌زنه. (more colloquial)
    man piyâno mi-zanam o dustam gitâr mi-zane.
    I play piano and my friend plays guitar.

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References

  1. Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*ǰan”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 224
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