طول کشیدن

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Persian

Etymology

From طول (tul, length) +‎ کشیدن (kešidan, to stretch, to extend).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? tūl kašīḏan
Dari reading? tūl kašīdan
Iranian reading? tul kašidan
Tajik reading? tul kašidan

Verb

طول کَشیدَن or طول کِشیدَن (tul kašidan or tul kešidan) (present stem طول کَش (tul kaš) or طول کِش (tul keš))

  1. to take a long time
    این کار خیلی طول کشید.
    in kâr xeyli tul kešid.
    This work took a very long time.
  2. (of a quantified time) to take, to last
    با پست پیشتاز چند روز طول می‌کشد؟ (more literary)
    bâ post-e pištâz čand ruz tul mi-kašad?
    How many days will it take with express mail?
    با پست پیشتاز چند روز طول می‌کشه؟ (more colloquial)
    bâ post-e pištâz čand ruz tul mi-keše?
    How many days will it take with express mail?

Conjugation