شناختن

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭱𐭭𐭠𐭧𐭲𐭭 (šnāxtan, to recognize, to know), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎴𐎠𐎿𐎠𐏃𐎹 (xšnāsāhiy), from Proto-Iranian *jnaHŝáti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́naHsćáti, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱéti.[1]

Related to دانستن (dânestan, know), Northern Kurdish zanîn, Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬥𐬄𐬥 (zanąn, to recognize), Baluchi زانگ (zánag), English know.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʃɪ.nɑːx.t̪ʰǽn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʃɪ.nɑːx.t̪ʰǽn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʃi.nɔːx.t̪ʰǽn]

Readings
Classical reading? šināxtan
Dari reading? šināxtan
Iranian reading? šenâxtan
Tajik reading? šinoxtan

Verb

Dari Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Iranian Persian
Tajik шинохтан

شِناخْتَن • (šenâxtan) (present stem شناس (šenâs))[2][3]

  1. to know, to be acquainted with
    پدرتون رو از بچگی می‌شناسم.
    Pedáretun-o az baččegí mí-šenâsam.
    I've known your father since childhood.
  2. to acknowledge
  3. to discern, to distinguish
  4. to inform, to make known, to define, to describe
  5. to recognize
    فکر می‌کنم آن مرد را می‌شناسم.
    Fekr mi-konam ân mard râ mi-šenâsam.
    فکر می‌کنم اون مرد و می‌شناسم.
    Fekr mi-konam un mard o mi-šnâsam.
    I think I recognize that man.

Usage notes

  • Similar to many European languages, Persian has two verbs used for knowing something and knowing someone. Compare German kennen and wissen; French savoir and connaître; Spanish saber and conocer.
  • دانستن (dânestan) is used for having knowledge about places or things; but Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) is used for recognizing and knowing people.

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 467
  2. Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), شناختن”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  3. Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), شناختن”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
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