پیراستن

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian pdrʾst, pdrʾy- (padrāst, padrāy-, to prepare, make ready). Cognate with Talysh پرانده (perānde). Related to Old Armenian պատրաստ (patrast), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [pʰeː.ɾɑːs.t̪ʰǽn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [pʰeː.ɾɑːs.t̪ʰǽn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [pʰeː.ɾɔːs.t̪ʰǽn]

Readings
Classical reading? pērāstan
Dari reading? pērāstan
Iranian reading? pirâstan
Tajik reading? perostan

Verb

Dari پیراستن
Iranian Persian
Tajik перостан

پیراستن • (pirâstan) (present stem پیرا (pirâ))

  1. to adorn, decorate, ornament, embellish (especially by cutting, clipping, or taking away)
  2. to prune, clip, trim
  3. to diminish
  4. to tan

Conjugation

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), پیراستن”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004), “pdrʾy-”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols
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