فروختن

From Middle Persian plwhtn' (frōxtan, “to sell”), from Proto-Iranian *fra- (“toward, pro-”) + *vaxš- (“to grow, increase”), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-se-, from *h₂weg- (“to grow”).^[1] Alternative theories link the second component to Proto-Iranian *wā́xš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wā́kš (“voice”) (whence آواز (âvâz, “voice”)), taking the original meaning as "to cry out".

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فُروخْتَن • (foruxtan) (present stem فُروش (foruš))

1. to sell

   کتاب درباره تاریخ ایران می‌فروشید؟

   ketâb dar-bâre-ye târix-e irân mi-forušid?

   Do you sell books about the history of Iran?

   • 14th century, Saadi Shirazi, “Mazra'-ē sabz-e falak”, in Ghazaliyat:

     آسمان گو مفروش این عظمت کاندر عشق
     خرمن مه به جوی خوشه پروین به دو جو

     āsmān gū ma-furōš īn azamat k-andar išq
     xirman-i mah ba juv-i xōša-ye parwīn ba du jaw

     Tell the sky: do not sell this magnificence, since in Love, the Moon's harvest sells for a barley grain, and the Pleiades' ear of corn for two grains.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

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فُروخْتَن • (foruxtan) (present stem فُروز (foruz))

1. Poetic form of افروختن (afruxtan)