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Persian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Iranian *tāp- (“to twist, wind”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *temp- (“to span, stretch, extend”).[1]
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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tāftan
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| Dari reading?
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tāftan
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| Iranian reading?
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tâftan
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| Tajik reading?
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toftan
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Verb
تافتن • (tâftan) (present stem تاب (tâb))
- to twist
- to twine
References
- ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 389
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“to be warm, tepid”).
Verb
تافتن • (tâftan) (present stem تاب (tâb))
- to heat
- to shine
Further reading
- Vullers, Johann August (1855) “تافتن”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 414
- Vullers, Johann August (1867) “تافتن”, in Supplementum lexici Persico-Latini continens verborum linguae persicae radices e dialectis antiquioribus Persicis et lingua Sanscrita et aliis linguis maxime cognatis erutas atque illustratas (in Latin), Gießen: J. Ricker, page 53