زدن

See also: ردن

Arabic

Verb

زِدْنَ (zidna) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine plural active imperative of زَادَ (zāda)
  2. third-person feminine plural past active of زَادَ (zāda)
  3. third-person feminine plural past passive of زَادَ (zāda)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (MHYTWN-n /zadan/) (root [script needed] (zn- /zan-/)), from Old Persian 𐎩𐎫𐎡𐎹 (j-t-i-y /jaⁿtiy/, to strike, defeat) (root [Term?] (/ja(n)-/)), from Proto-Iranian *ǰánti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰʰánti, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰénti (to slay, strike).[1] Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬘𐬀𐬌𐬧𐬙𐬌 (jaiṇti), Sanskrit हन्ति (hánti).

Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /zadan/

    Verb

    Dari زدن
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik задан (zadan)

    زَدَن (zadan), present stem ﺯَن (zan)

    1. to beat, hit, strike
    2. to play (an instrument)
      من پیانو می‌زنم و دوست من گیتار می‌زند. (more literary)
      man piyâno mi-zanam va dust-e man gitâr mi-zanad.
      من پیانو می‌زنم و دوستم گیتار می‌زنه. (more colloquial)
      man piyâno mi-zanam o dustam gitâr mi-zane.
      I play piano and my friend plays guitar.
    3. to bite
    4. (slang) to drink

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Persian compound verbs with زدن

    References

    1. Cheung, Johnny (2007), *ǰan”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 224
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