طول کشیدن

Persian

Etymology

طول (tul, length) + کشیدن (kešidan, to stretch, to extend).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰuːl kʰä.ʃiː.d̪än]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t̪ʰuːl kʰä.ʃiː.d̪än]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t̪ʰul̥ kʰä.ʃi.d̪än]
 
  • (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰuːl̥ kʰʲæ.ʃiː.d̪æn]
    • (Tehrani) IPA(key): [t̪ʰuːl̥ kʰʲe.ʃiː.d̪æn]

Readings
Classical reading? tūl kašīḏan
Dari reading? tūl kašīdan
Iranian reading? tul kašidan
Tajik reading? tul kašidan

Verb

طول کَشیدَن or طول کِشیدَن • (tul kašidan or tul kešidan) (present stem طول کَش (tul kaš) or طول کِش (tul keš))

  1. to take a long time
    این کار خیلی طول کشید.
    in kâr xeyli tul kešid.
    This work took a very long time.
  2. (of a quantified time) to take, to last
    با پست پیشتاز چند روز طول می‌کشد؟ (more literary)
    bâ post-e pištâz čand ruz tul mi-kašad?
    How many days will it take with express mail?
    با پست پیشتاز چند روز طول می‌کشه؟ (more colloquial)
    bâ post-e pištâz čand ruz tul mi-keše?
    How many days will it take with express mail?

Conjugation

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