سوختن

From Middle Persian (swhtn' /⁠sōxtan⁠/); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewk- (“white”). Cognates with Northern Kurdish sotin, Gilaki سوتن (sutən), Talysh سوته (sute), Baluchi سوچگ (sóčag), Mazanderani بسوتن (basuten), Central Kurdish سوتان (sutan) and Pashto سوختېدل.

Also related to سرخ (sorx, “red”), and سوگ (sug, “sadness, mourning”).

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سوختن • (sôxtan) (present stem سوز (sôz)) (intransitive)

1. to burn, to be burnt

   دستم سوخته. ― dast-am suxte. ― My hand got burned. / I burned my hand.

   • Bīdel Dehlavī, Qazaliyat

     یاد وصلی کردم آغوش من دیوانه سوخت
     لاله‌سان از گرمی این می دل پیمانه سوخت
     ناله ها رفت از دل و احرام آزادی نبست
     پرتو خود را در اول شمع این کاشانه سوخت

     yâd-e vasl-i kardam âğuš-e man-e divâne suxt, lâle-sân az garmi-ye in del peymâne suxt, nâle ha raft az del o ahrâm âzâdi nabast, parto-ve xod râ dar owl-e šam'-e in kâšâne suxt.

2. (figurative, idiomatic) to suffer

   دوستم به خاطر مرگ پدرش سوخت. ― dust-am be xâter-e marg-e pedar-eš suxt. ― My friend suffered because of the death of his father.

3. (figurative, idiomatic) to be lost; be ruined (of plans, opportunities, success)

   اگر از فرصت‌ها استفاده نکنید، می‌سوزند. ― agar az forsat-hâ estefâde na-konid, mi-suzand. ― If you don't use the opportunities, they will be lost.

   Synonym: از دست رفتن (az dast raftan)

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “سوختن”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “swhtn'”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 75
• https://ganjoor.net/bidel/ghazalbi/sh404/