افشاندن

Persian

Alternative forms

  • افشانیدن (afšânidan), فشاندن (fešândan)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾpšʾn-tn' /afšāndan/), from Proto-Iranian *Hapá (away) + the Iranian root *šan (“to shake”).

Compare Old Khotanese ṣāñ (to shake down), Baluchi شانگ (šánag, to vomit, throw, shake out), Gilaki فشادن (fišādən, to disperse), Northern Kurdish reşandin (to sprinkle, throw, vomit) (with prefix *fra), Hindi छनना (channā, to be restrained).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /afʃɔndan/

Verb

اَفشاندَن (afšândan) (present stem اَفشان (afšân))

  1. to scatter, disperse
    Synonyms: ریختن (rixtan), پاشیدن (pâšidan)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • آتشفشان (âtaš-fešân)
  • افشانه (afšâne)
  • زرافشان (zar-afšân)
  • نورافشان (nur-afšan)

References

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