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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian (kwptn' /kōftan/, “to beat, pound, crush”),[1] from Proto-Iranian *kaup- (“to pound, beat”), which appears to be exclusively Iranian.[2] Cognate to Central Kurdish کەوتن (kewtin, “to fall”), Northern Kurdish ketin (“to fall”) (dialectal keftin) and Northern Kurdish kutan (“to beat”) (hence kutilk (“kofta”).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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kōftan
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| Dari reading?
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kōftan
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| Iranian reading?
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kuftan
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| Tajik reading?
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küftan
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Verb
| Dari
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کوفتن
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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кӯфтан
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کوفتن • (kuftan)
- to break, bruise, knock, strike, smite, beat, thrash, shake, trample under foot, tread upon
- to precipitate, throw down
- to bleach
Derived terms
References
- ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kōftan”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 51
- ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 249-250