پاییدن

Persian

Alternative forms

  • پائیدن (pâ'idan)

Etymology

From Middle Persian p'y- (to protect, guard; to wait, stand), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎮𐎹 (pā-, to protect), from Proto-Iranian *paH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *paH-, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (to protect).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [pʰɑː.jiː.d̪än ~ pʰɑːiː.d̪än]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [pʰɑː.jiː.d̪än ~ pʰɑːiː.d̪än]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [pʰɔː.ji.d̪än ~ pʰɔːi.d̪än]
  • (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [pʰɒː.jiː.d̪æn ~ pʰɒːiː.d̪æn]

Readings
Classical reading? pāyīḏan ~ pāīḏan
Dari reading? pāyīdan ~ pāīdan
Iranian reading? pâyidan ~ pâidan
Tajik reading? poyidan ~ poidan

Verb

پاییدن • (pâyidan) (present stem پای (pây))

  1. to protect, guard
  2. to stand firm; to be firm
  3. to be constant; to be steady, fixed, established
  4. to watch, see, surveil; to mind
  5. to police
  6. to subsist independently of anything
  7. to fix the look steadily on any object
  8. to wait, expect

Conjugation

Derived terms

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