گم کردن

See also: کم کردن

Persian

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /ɡum kaɾdan/

Verb

گم کردن (gom kardan), present stem گم کن (gom kon)

Dari گم کردن
Iranian Persian
Tajik гум кардан (gum kardan)
  1. to lose, especially through obliviousness
    • 11th century, Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani, “line 10.22”, in Vis and Rāmin:
      همی گم کرد از دیدار من راه، به روز پاک خورشید و به شب ماه.
      hami gom kard az didâr-e man râh, be ruz-e pâk xoršid o be šab mâh.
      The sun in clear day, and the moon at night, kept losing their way from having seen me.
    • c. 1100, Omar Khayyam, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam:
      هان تا سررشتهٔ خرد گم نکنی.
      hân tâ sar-e rešte-ye xerad gom na-koni.
      Beware! Do not lose the beginning of wisdom's thread.
    فکر می‌کنم که برادرت کتابم را گم کرد. (more literary)
    fekr mi-konam ke barâdar-at ketâb-am-râ gom kard.
    فکر می‌کنم که برادرت کتابم و گم کرد. (more colloquial)
    fekr mi-konam ke barâdar-et ketâb-am-o gom kard.
    I think your brother lost my book.

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Urdu: گم کرنا (gum karnā) (calque)

See also

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