تنجیدن

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Northwestern Iranian cognate of Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫤𐫗𐫉- (tnz- /⁠tanz-⁠/, to strain, press), from Proto-Iranian *tanč- (to twist (together), become narrow, dense, constrict), from Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (to compact). Akin to Ossetian тындзын (tynʒyn), Old Armenian տանջեմ (tanǰem), Old Georgian ტანჯვა (ṭanǯva), as well as Sanskrit तञ्च् (tañc, to contract, coagulate); see the Sanskrit for more cognates.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

تنجیدن (tanjidan) (present stem تنج (tanj))[2]

  1. to strain
  2. to squeeze
  3. to twist, to roll together
  4. to draw tight
  5. to be distressed, sad

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References

  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*tanč”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 377–378
  2. ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “تنجیدن”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul