وشتن

Persian

Etymology

Cognate with Gilaki ووشتن (vöštən), Mazanderani وشتن (vošten), Talysh وشتن (vašten), all meaning “to jump around, to play”.

The present root is not certain. Possibly وس (vas).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [wäʃ.t̪ʰǽn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [wäʃ.t̪ʰǽn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [wäʃ.t̪ʰǽn]

Readings
Classical reading? waštan
Dari reading? waštan
Iranian reading? vaštan
Tajik reading? vaštan

Verb

وشتن • (vaštan)

  1. (obsolete) to dance
    Synonym: رقصیدن (raqsidan)
  2. (obsolete) to leap
    Synonyms: جستن (jastan), پریدن (paridan)

Conjugation

References

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