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شستن

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See also: ششتن

Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (šustan /⁠HLLWN-tn'⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *xšawd- (to wash), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáwd- (to crush, disperse), traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *k⁽ʷ⁾sewd- (to crush, disintegrate), though Cheung has reservations on this derivation due to the wide semantic divergence of the PIE root's alleged descendants.[1]

Compare Gilaki شوردن (šurdən), Mazanderani بشوردن (bašurdan).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? šustan
Dari reading? šustan
Iranian reading? šostan
Tajik reading? šustan

Verb

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Dari شستن
Iranian Persian
Tajik шустан

شُستَن (šostan) (present stem شوی (šuy) or شور (šur))

  1. to wash
    او دارد دستش را می‌شوید. (more literary)
    u dârad dast-aš râ mi-šuyad.
    He/She is washing his/her hand.
    اون داره دستش رو می‌شوره. (more colloquial)
    un dâre dast-aš o mi-šure.
    He/She is washing his/her hand.

Usage notes

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  • The formal and literary present/imperfective stem is شوی (šuy), but in colloquial speech, شور (šur) is more common.

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 455-6