زیستن

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See also: رئستن

Persian

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Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *ǰáyHati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰáyHati, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷéyh₃eti (to live), from the root *gʷeyh₃-.

Cognate with Avestan 𐬘𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (juuaiti), Northern Kurdish jîyan, Pashto ژوند کول (žwënd kawël), Sanskrit जीवति (jīvati). More distantly related to Ancient Greek βείομαι (beíomai).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? zīstan
Dari reading? zīstan
Iranian reading? zistan
Tajik reading? zistan

Verb

زیسْتَن (zistan) (present stem زی (ziy))

  1. (literary) to live
    Synonym: (usual) زندگی کردن (zendegi kardan)
    در قرن ششم هجری می‌زیسته است.dar qarn-e šešom-e hejri mi-ziste ast.He lived in the sixth Islamic century.
    (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

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References

  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 223