ریختن

• رختن (rextan) (dialectal, Kazerun, Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Borazjan)

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭥𐭩𐭧𐭲𐭭 (ʿyḥtn /⁠rēxtan⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *Hraič- (“to pour; to flow”), an Iranian-specific suffixed form of Proto-Indo-Iranian *HriHyáti (“to flow”).^[1]

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ریختن • (rixtan) (present stem ریز (riz))

1. (transitive) to pour; to spill; to sprinkle

   چای ریختن ― čây rixtan ― to pour tea

   خون ریختن ― xun rixtan ― to spill blood

   گل ریختند ― gol rixtan ― to sprinkle flowers

   • c. 1060, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Safarnāma [Book of Travels]‎:

     بر سر آن چشمه گرمابه‌ای ساخته‌اند و آبش چنان گرم‌ست که تا به آب سرد نیامیزند بر خود نتوان ریخت، و گویند آن گرمابه سلیمان بن داوود علیه السلام ساخته است.

     bar sar-i ān čašma garmāba'ē sāxta-and u āb-aš čunān garm ast ki tā ba āb-i sard nay-āmēzand bar xwad na-tawān rēxt, u gūyand ān garmāba sulaymān ben-e dāwūd alayhi-s-salām sāxta ast.

     Above this spring, there is a bathhouse. Its water is so hot that one cannot pour it until one has diluted it with cold water. They say that the bathhouse was built by Solomon, son of David, peace be upon him.

2. (transitive) to spawn (eggs)

   ماهی تخم میریزد ― mâhi toxm mi-rizad ― the fish is laying eggs

3. (intransitive) to spill; to scatter

   برگ‌ها ریختند ― barg-hâ rixtand ― the leaves scattered

4. (intransitive) to fall upon