هشتن

Persian

Etymology

Dari Persian هشتن‎
Iranian Persian هشتن‎
Tajiki Persian ҳиштан (hištan)

From Proto-Indo-European *selǵ- (“to stand”). Akin to Middle High German selken (“dribble (clouds)”). Other Indo-Iranian cognates include Kurdish هێشتن‎ (hēštin, “permit”), Pashto ايښودل‎ (iśodəl, “to place”) and Sanskrit सृजति (sṛjati, “discharge, emit”). Also related to Old Armenian արձակ (arjak, “free, loose”), ապահարզան (apaharzan, “divorce”) անդ which are Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [heʃˈtæn]

Verb

هشتن • (heštan) (present stem هل‎ (hel))

  1. to leave, abandon
  2. to let, allow
  3. to put, place, deposit
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