شدن

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian (OZLWN-tn' /⁠šudan⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎠𐏁𐎡𐎹𐎺𐎶 (š(i)yav-, “to set, go forth”), from Proto-Indo-European *kyew- (“to move, go”). Cognates include Northern Kurdish çûn (“to go”), Ossetian цӕуын (cæwyn), Pashto شول (šwəl), Sanskrit च्यवते (cyávate, “move to and fro, stir”), Old Armenian չու (čʻu) and Ancient Greek σεύω (seúō, “put in quick motion, drive”). Note Old Armenian արշաւեմ (aršawem), ապաշաւ (apašaw), all borrowed from Iranian.

Pronunciation

Verb

شُدَن • (šodan) (present stem شُو (šav-))

1. to become; used in a large number of intransitive compound verbs.

   آب شدن ― âb šodan ― to melt (literally, “to become water”)

   بیدار شدن ― bidâr šodan ― to wake up (literally, “to become awake”)

   او پادشاه شد. ― u pâdešâh šod. ― He became king.

2. (in passive constructions) to be

   Antonym: کردن (kardan)

   ساخته شد ― sâxte šod ― it was built

3. (in the third person singular) to be possible; can (in contexts of permission, etc., and not inner ability)

   اگر بشود ― agar bešavad ― if it's possible

   می‌شه منم برم؟ (colloquial Iranian) ― mi-še man-am beram? ― Can I go too?

   می‌شد رفت. ― mi-šod raft. ― It was possible to go.

   می‌شد او را ببینم. ― mi-šod u râ bebinam. ― I could see him.

4. (archaic, poetic) to go, to come to
5. (mathematics, informal) to equal; to make

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 40-2