گریختن

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian OLYKWN-tn', wlyhtn' (wirēxtan), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wi (“apart”) + *leykʷ- (“to leave”); whence also (rixtan, “to pour”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬌𐬭𐬁𐬈𐬗 (virāec, “leave away, run away”), Gilaki (vörütən) (present stem (vörüj)).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡu.ɾeːx.ˈtan]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊ.ɾeːx.t̪ʰǽn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡʊ.ɾeːx.t̪ʰǽn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡu.ɾeːx.t̪ʰǽn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥o.ɹiːx.t̪ʰǽn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡu.ɾeχ.t̪ʰǽn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	gurēxtan
Dari reading^?	gurēxtan
Iranian reading^?	gorixtan
Tajik reading^?	gurextan

Verb


Iranian Persian	گریختن
Dari	گریختن
Tajik	гурехтан

گریختن • (gorixtan) (present stem گریز (goriz))

to flee
to escape
to run away
dalirân-e turân barâvixtand, saranjâm az razm begorixtand
the fighters of Turan couldn’t fight any longer, and they started to run away.

Usage notes

This verb is not used in colloquial Tehrani speech, where the verb (dar raftan) is used instead. Some other dialects such as Shirazi use (guruxtan, gǔruxtan) in colloquial speech. Use the verb or other forms of it but mostly in the past and perfect tenses.

Synonyms

در رفتن (dar raftan)
فرار کردن (ferâr kardan)
گالیدن (gâlidan)

Derived terms

گریزان (gorizân)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “گریختن”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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