فرستادن

• فرسادن (feressâdan) (colloquial)

From Middle Persian (plyst-ʾtn' /⁠frēstādan⁠/), which seems to be a compound. If so, the elements are most likely from "fra-" and "sta-". For the first element see "for-". For the second element see ایستادن.

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فرستادن • (ferestâdan) (present stem فرست (ferest))

1. to send

   فرستادن نیرو ― ferestâdan-e niru ― sending troops

   با پست فرستادن ― bâ post ferestâdan ― sending by post

   نامه‌ای که فرستاده بود ― nâme-ye ke ferestâde bud ― letter which he had sent

   به مدرسه فرستادن ― be madrese ferestâdan ― to send to school

   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “https://ganjoor.net/hafez/ghazal/sh376”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎, archived from the original on 9 December 2023:

     خوش هواییست فرح بخش خدایا بفرست
     نازنینی که به رویش می گلگون نوشیم

     xwaš hawāyēst farah baxš xudāyā bifirist
     nāzanīnē ki ba rōyaš may-i gulgūn nūšēm

     There is a pleasant mood, bestowing joy. O God! Send
     A flirtatious one for the sake of whose face we may drink rose-color wine.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

   • 1590, Inscription at the Mughal fort of Hari Parbat, Kashmir:

     کرور و ده لاکه از مخزن فرستاد دو صد استاد هندی جمله چاکر نکرده هیچکس بیگار آنجا

     kurūr u dah lākh az maxzan firistād du sad ustād-i hindī jumla čākar na-karda hēč kas bēgār ānjā

     He sent a crore and ten lakhs from the treasury, and two hundred Indian masters, all his servants. Nobody was forced to do unpaid labor there.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

   • c. 1655, دبستان مذاهب [Dabistān-i Mazāhib]:

     و یزدان بهر آباد نامه‌ای فرستاد دساتیر نام که در او هر دانش و همه زبان بود. آن مشتمل بر چندین دفتر و به هر لغتی چند مجلد.

     u yazdān bahr-i ābād nāma'ē firistād dasātir nām ki dar ō har dāniš u hama zabān buwad. ān muštamil bar čandīn daftar u ba har luğatē čand mujallad.

     And God sent for Ābād's sake a book, Dasātir by name, within which there is all knowledge and every language. It includes several tomes and several volumes in every language.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)