زیستن

See also: رئستن

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *ǰáyHati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰáyHati, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷéyh₃eti (to live), from the root *gʷeyh₃-.

Cognate with Avestan 𐬘𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (juuaiti), Northern Kurdish jîyan, Pashto ژوند کول (žwënd kawël), Sanskrit जीवति (jīvati). More distantly related to Ancient Greek βείομαι (beíomai).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [zeːs.t̪ʰǽn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [zeːs.t̪ʰǽn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [zeːs.t̪ʰǽn]

Readings
Classical reading? zēstan
Dari reading? zēstan
Iranian reading? zistan
Tajik reading? zestan

Verb

زیسْتَن • (zistan) (present stem زی (ziy))

  1. (literary) to live
    Synonym: (usual) زندگی کردن (zendegi kardan)
    در قرن ششم هجری می‌زیسته است.dar qarn-e šešom-e hejri mi-ziste ast.He lived in the sixth Islamic century.
    (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 223
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