خستن

See also: خشبن, جستن, and حسبن

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *xad- (“to beat, strike, inflict a wound, hurt”), of uncertain origin. Tentatively compared with Sanskrit कदन (kadana, “destruction”) and Ancient Greek κεκᾰδών (kekadṓn, “robbing”), though these come with phonetic difficulties.[1] Within Iranian, cognate with Khotanese khasta- (“beaten, pained”), Parthian xd- (xad-, “to injure”), xdm (xaδm, “wound”), etc.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [xæsˈtæn]

Verb

خستن • (xastan)

  1. to wound, to injure
  • خسته (xaste)
  • فرخسته (farxaste)

References
  1. Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 439-40
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