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دویدن

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Persian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (LHTWN-tn /⁠dawīdan⁠/),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (to run).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? dawīḏan
Dari reading? dawīdan
Iranian reading? davidan
Tajik reading? davidan

Verb

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Dari دویدن
Iranian Persian
Tajik давидан

دویدن (davidan) (present stem دو (dav))

  1. to run
    • 10th Century CE, Firdawsī, Šāhnāma:
      سیاوش چو او را پیاده بدید
      فرود آمد از اسب و پیشش دوید
      siyāwuš ču ō-rā piyāda bidīd
      furūd āmad az asp u pēšaš dawīd
      As Siavash saw him on foot
      dismounted his horse and ran towards him

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 25

Further reading

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