تافتن

See also: بافتن

Persian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Iranian *tāp- (“to twist, wind”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *temp- (“to span, stretch, extend”).[1]

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɑːf.t̪ʰǽn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɑːf.t̪ʰǽn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɔːf.t̪ʰǽn]

Readings
Classical reading? tāftan
Dari reading? tāftan
Iranian reading? tâftan
Tajik reading? toftan

Verb

تافتن • (tâftan) (present stem تاب (tâb))

  1. to twist
  2. to twine

References
  1. Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 389

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“to be warm, tepid”).

Verb

تافتن • (tâftan) (present stem تاب (tâb))

  1. to heat
  2. to shine

Further reading
  • Vullers, Johann August (1855) “تافتن”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 414
  • Vullers, Johann August (1867) “تافتن”, in Supplementum lexici Persico-Latini continens verborum linguae persicae radices e dialectis antiquioribus Persicis et lingua Sanscrita et aliis linguis maxime cognatis erutas atque illustratas‎ (in Latin), Gießen: J. Ricker, page 53
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