وشتن

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Persian

Etymology

Cognate with Gilaki ووشتن (vöštən), Mazanderani وشتن (vošten), Talysh وشتن (vašten), Northern Kurdish avêtin, Central Kurdish هاویشتن (hawîştin), Southern Kurdish ئۆیشتن (oyiştin); all meaning either “to jump around, to play” or "to throw". All ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyg-. For semantics compare Northern Kurdish lîstin and çîstin both meaning "to play" which are cognates with Persian آلیختن and جستن both meaning "to jump".

The present root is not certain. Possibly وس (vas).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? waštan
Dari reading? waštan
Iranian reading? vaštan
Tajik reading? vaštan

Verb

وشتن (vaštan)

  1. (obsolete) to dance
    Synonym: رقصیدن (raqsidan)
  2. (obsolete) to leap
    Synonyms: جستن (jastan), پریدن (paridan)

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