برشتن

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian blyštn' (brištan, to roast), ultimately from a Western Iranian derivative of Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰr̥ȷ́yáti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥ǵ-yé-ti, from *bʰerǵ ~ *bʰreǵ (to roast, fry). Cognate with Sanskrit भृज्जति (bhṛjjati), Latin frigo (whence English fry) and Ancient Greek φρύγω (phrúgō).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [bɪ.ɾɪʃ.t̪ʰän]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [bɪ.ɾɪʃ.t̪ʰän]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [bi.ɾiʃ.t̪ʰän]

Readings
Classical reading? birištan
Dari reading? birištan
Iranian reading? bereštan
Tajik reading? birištan

Verb

Dari برشتن
Iranian Persian
Tajik бириштан

برشتن • (bereštan) (present stem بریز (beriz) or برز (berez))

  1. to toast; to roast; to fry
    • Bible Ezekiel 4:9:
      پس‌ گندم‌ و جو و باقلا و عدس‌ و ارزن‌ و ماشک برای‌ خود گرفته‌، آنها را در یک‌ ظرف‌ بریز و خوراکی‌ از آنها برای‌ خود بپز
      Thus, take with you wheat, barley, beans, lentiles, millet and vetch and, having placed them in a pot, roast them and feed yourself with that which you have cooked

Usage notes

The present stem is not used in Persian, but only in southern dialects such as Bandar Abbasi.

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “brištan”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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