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دست دادن

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Persian

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Etymology

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From دَست (dast, hand) +‎ دادَن (dâdan, to give).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? dast dāḏan
Dari reading? dast dādan
Iranian reading? dast dâdan
Tajik reading? dast dodan

Verb

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Dari دست دادن
Iranian Persian
Tajik даст додан

دَست دادَن (dast dâdan) (intransitive)

  1. to shake hands
    علی با من دست داد.ali bâ man dast dâd.Ali shook hands with me.
  2. to give one's hand (in marriage, in agreement, etc.)
  3. (of an emotion, etc.) to arise; to come about; to come upon (a person)
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 12”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎[1]:
      کی دهد دست این غرض یا رب که همدستان شوند
      خاطر مجموع ما، زلف پریشان شما
      kay dahad dast īn ğaraz yā rabb ki hamdastān šawand
      xātir-i majmu'-i mā, zulf-i parēšān-i šumā
      How these yearnings, o Lord, that become my companions come about:
      The collected heart of mine, the scattered curls of yours.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  4. (of opportunity) to arrive, to arise
    اگر دست بدهدagar dast bedehadIf the opportunity arrives
    • 1962, Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, غرب‌زدگی [Occidentosis: A Plague from the West]:
      مشخّصات این درد را بجوییم و علّت یا علّت‌هایش را. و اگر دست داد، راه علاجش را.
      mošaxxasât-e in dard râ bejuyim va ellat yâ ellat-hâ-yaš râ. va agar dast dâd, râh-e elâj-aš râ.
      Let us seek out the diagnosis for this pain, and its cause or causes. And, if possible, its cure.

Conjugation

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