شکافتن

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian (šk’p-tn' /⁠škāftan⁠/), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kop- (to strike, to beat). Related to اشکفت (eškeft).

Compare Ancient Greek κόπτω (kóptō, strike, cut, shake), Old Church Slavonic скопити (skopiti, castrate), Lithuanian kaplys (hatchet), Old High German happa (scythe), English hatchet.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? šikāftan
Dari reading? šikāftan
Iranian reading? šekâftan
Tajik reading? šikoftan

Verb

Dari شکافتن
Iranian Persian
Tajik шикофтан

شکافتن (šekâftan) (present stem شکاف (šekâf))

  1. to cleave, cut, incise
  2. to rupture
  3. to split

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