گفتن

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Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian gwptn' (guftan, to say, speak). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic говорити (govoriti).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? guftan
Dari reading? guftan
Iranian reading? goftan
Tajik reading? guftan
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Verb

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Dari گفتن
Iranian Persian
Tajik гуфтан

گُفْتَن (goftan) (present stem گو (gu) or گوی (guy))

  1. to say
  2. to tell
    او به من گفت که می‌خواهد لامپ سبزی بخرد. (more literary)
    u be man goft ke mi-xâhad lâmp-e sabz-i bexarad
    He told me he wants to buy a green lamp.
    او بهم گفت که می‌خواد یه لامپ سبز بخره. (more colloquial)
    u behem goft ke mi-xâd ye lâmp-e sabz bexare
    He told me he wants to buy a green lamp.
  3. to talk
  4. to speak

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*gaub”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 113–114