رستن

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See also: رشتن

Persian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Iranian *raz- (to leave, escape (one's notice)), related to Proto-Indo-Iranian *raȷ́ʰ- (to abandon). Cognate with Sanskrit रहति (rahati, to abandon) and रहस्य (rahasya, mystery); see the latter for more.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? rastan
Dari reading? rastan
Iranian reading? rastan
Tajik reading? rastan

Verb

Dari رستن
Iranian Persian
Tajik растан

رستن (rastan) (present stem ره (rah))

  1. to escape
  2. to free
  3. to liberate
Conjugation
Derived terms

References

  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 322-3

Etymology 2

From Proto-Iranian *Hráwdah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hráwdʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (to grow). Indo-Iranian cognates include Baluchi ردگ (ruddag) and Sanskrit रोधति (rodhati).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? rustan
Dari reading? rustan
Iranian reading? rostan
Tajik reading? rustan

Verb

Dari رستن
Iranian Persian
Tajik рустан

رستن (rostan) (present stem روی (ruy))

  1. to grow
    Synonym: روئیدن (ruyidan)
  2. to spring, sprout
  3. to germinate
  4. to thrive
Usage notes

The verb روییدن (ruyidan), which was created by back-formation from the present stem روی (ruy-) of رستن (rostan), is now more commonly used. روییدن (ruyidan) and رستن (rostan) are indistinguishable in the present tense.

Conjugation

See also

References

  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 193-4