هشتن

From Proto-Indo-European *selǵ- (“to let go”). Akin to Middle High German selken (“dribble (clouds)”). Other Indo-Iranian cognates include Central Kurdish ھێشتن‎ (hêştin, “permit”), Pashto ايښودل‎ (iśodəl, “to place”) and Sanskrit सृजति (sṛjati, “discharge, emit”). Also related to Old Armenian արձակ (arjak, “free, loose”) and ապահարզան (apaharzan, “divorce”) which are Iranian borrowings.

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /hiʃtan/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /hɪʃtan/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /heʃtæn/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /hiʃtan/

هشتن • (heštan), present stem هل‎ (hel)

1. to let, allow

   Synonym: گذاشتن‎ (gozâštan)

2. to put, place, deposit

   Synonyms: گذاشتن‎ (gozâštan), نهادن‎ (nehâdan)

3. to leave
4. (archaic) to dismiss, abandon; to let go
   • 1207-1273, Rumi, Fīhi Mā Fīh, "در بیان موانع غیبی"

     گفت: «مرا نمی‌هلند.» چون کار از حد گذشت، خواجه سر در مسجد کرد تا ببیند کیست که نمی‌هلد. جز کفشی و سایه‌ای کسی ندید و کس نمی‌جنبید. گفت: «آخر کیست که تو را نمی‌هلد که بیرون آیی؟»‎

• The imperative form of this verb “بهل‎ (behel)” is often shortened to “بل‎ (bel)” in spoken Persian.
• In some dialects هشتن‎ (heštan) is preferred, while in others, including Tehrani Persian, گذاشتن‎ (gozâštan) is preferred.

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “هشتن”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press