شکافتن

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (šk’p-tn' /⁠škāftan⁠/), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kop- (to strike, to beat). Related to اشکفت (eškeft).

Compare Ancient Greek κόπτω (kóptō, strike, cut, shake), Old Church Slavonic скопити (skopiti, castrate), Lithuanian kaplys (hatchet), Old High German happa (scythe), English hatchet.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʃɪ.kʰɑːf.t̪ʰän]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʃɪ.kʰɑːf.t̪ʰän]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʃi.kʰɔːf.t̪ʰän]

Readings
Classical reading? šikāftan
Dari reading? šikāftan
Iranian reading? šekâftan
Tajik reading? šikoftan

Verb

Dari شکافتن
Iranian Persian
Tajik шикофтан

شکافتن • (šekâftan) (present stem شکاف (šekâf))

  1. to cleave, cut, incise
  2. to rupture
  3. to split

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • چاک دادن (čâk dâdan)
  • چاک کردن (čâk kardan)
  • پاره کردن (pâre kardan)
  • دریدن (daridan)

References

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