خریدن

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See also: خزیدن, and چریدن

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐫟𐫡𐫏𐫗𐫏𐫅 (xrynyd), (ZḆNN-tn' /⁠xrīdan⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *xrináHti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *krináHti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷrinéh₂ti. Compare Sanskrit क्रीणाति (krīṇāti, to buy; to purchase), Irish crean (to purchase).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? xarīḏan
Dari reading? xarīdan
Iranian reading? xaridan
Tajik reading? xaridan

Verb

Dari خریدن
Iranian Persian
Tajik харидан

خَریدَن (xaridan) (present stem خَر (xar))

  1. to buy; to purchase
    Synonym: خرید کردن (xarid kardan)
    Antonym: فروختن (foruxtan, to sell)
    • c. 1260, Rumi, “2:843”, in The Masnavi:
      پادشاهی دو غلام ارزان خرید، با یکی ز آن دو سخن گفت و شنید.
      pâdšâh-i do ğolâm arzân xarid, bâ yeki z-ân do soxan goft o šonid.
      A King bought two slaves cheap, and spoke and listened with one of the twain.
      (adapted from the Reynold A. Nicholson translation)

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: ख़रीदना (xarīdnā)
    Urdu: خَرِیدْنا (xarīdnā)

References

  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 446-447