شناختن

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭱𐭭𐭠𐭧𐭲𐭭 (šnāxtan, to recognize, to know), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎴𐎠𐎿𐎠𐏃𐎹 (xšnāsāhiy), from Proto-Iranian *jnaHŝáti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́naHsćáti, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱéti.[1]

Related to دانستن (dânestan, know), Northern Kurdish zanîn, Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬥𐬄𐬥 (zanąn, to recognize), Baluchi زانگ (zánag), English know.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? šināxtan
Dari reading? šināxtan
Iranian reading? šenâxtan
Tajik reading? šinoxtan

Verb

Dari شناختن
Iranian Persian
Tajik шинохтан

شِناخْتَن (šenâxtan) (present stem شناس (šenâs))[2][3]

  1. to know, to be acquainted with
    پدرتون رو از بچگی می‌شناسم.
    pedáretun-o az baččegí mí-šenâsam.
    I've known your father since childhood.
  2. to acknowledge
  3. to discern, to distinguish
  4. to inform, to make known, to define, to describe
  5. to recognize
    فکر می‌کنم آن مرد را می‌شناسم. (more literary)
    fekr mi-konam ân mard râ mi-šenâsam.
    فکر می‌کنم اون مرد و می‌شناسم. (more colloquial)
    fekr mi-konam un mard o mi-šnâsam.
    I think I recognize that man.

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References

  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 467
  2. ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “شناختن”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  3. ^ Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “شناختن”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press