سفتن

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [suf.ˈtan]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sʊf.t̪ʰǽn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sʊf.t̪ʰǽn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [suf.t̪ʰǽn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sof.t̪ʰǽn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [suf.t̪ʰǽn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	suftan
Dari reading^?	suftan
Iranian reading^?	softan
Tajik reading^?	suftan

Verb

سفتن • (softan) (present stem سنب (sonb))

(archaic) to bore, to pierce
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 170:
  پیشتر از نقش جان پذرفته‏اند
  پیشتر از بحر درها سفته‏اند
  pēš-tar az naqš jān pazrufta-and
  pēš-tar az bahr durr-hā sufta-and
  They have received the spirit before (the creation of) the form;
  they have bored the pearls before (the creation of) the sea.

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “سفتن”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

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