شناختن

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭱𐭭𐭠𐭧𐭲𐭭 (šnāxtan, to recognize, to know), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎴𐎠𐎿𐎠𐏃𐎹 (xšnāsāhiy). From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ānáHti, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti.

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

Pronunciation

  • (Dari): IPA(key): /ʃɪnɒːxtan/

Verb

Dari شناختن
Iranian Persian
Tajik шинохтан (šinoxtan)

شِناخْتَن (šenâxtan), present stem شناس (šenâs)

  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.
    Fekr mi-konam ân mard râ mi-šenâsam.
    فکر می‌کنم اون مرد و می‌شناسم.
    Fekr mi-konam un mard o mi-šnâsam.
    I think I recognize that man.

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