ساختن

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian s’htn' (sāxtan, to build, make), from Proto-Iranian *sač- (to fit, be suitable, be able), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱek⁽ʷ⁾- (to achieve, accomplish, be able, capable).[1] Cognate with Sanskrit शक् (śak, to be able, capable); see there for more cognates.

Pronunciation

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

Readings
Classical reading? sāxtan
Dari reading? sāxtan
Iranian reading? sâxtan
Tajik reading? soxtan
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Verb

Dari ساختن
Iranian Persian
Tajik сохтан

ساختن • (sâxtan) (present stem ساز (sâz))[2]

  1. to make
  2. to build, to construct
  3. to create, to produce
  4. to endure, to bear
  5. to reconcile, to make peace

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 324
  2. MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “sāxtan”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 74
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