hwʾstn'

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Middle Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *xwaz- (“to want; to wish”), of uncertain origin.

Perhaps an ablaut variant of Proto-Iranian *kauz- (“to search, seek”), itself of unknown origin.[1]

Alternatively, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d- (“sweet”).[2]

Cognate with Northern Kurdish xwestin, Northern Luri هاسن (hāsen), Yagnobi хоҳак (xohak). Baluchi واهَگ (wāhag, “to want, wish”), and Old Armenian *խազ- (*xaz-), an Iranian borrowing.

Verb

hwʾstn' • (xwāstan)

  1. to seek, to want, to desire
  2. to attract, to acquire

Descendants

  • Persian: خواستن (xâstan)

References

  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 252, 459-60
  2. ^ Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 459
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