افروختن

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾplwhtn' (abrōxtan, to light, kindle, illuminate, polish), is a compound verb, so the elements are *af- from Proto-Iranian *Hapá (off, away, from) or Proto-Indo-European *upó (under, below, towards) + *rōx- from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (bright, to shine, to see).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? afrōxtan
Dari reading? afrōxtan
Iranian reading? afruxtan
Tajik reading? afrüxtan

Verb

Dari افروختن
Iranian Persian
Tajik афрӯхтан

افروختن (afruxtan) (present stem افروز (afruz))

  1. to kindle
  2. to burn
  3. to light
  4. to illuminate