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کاستن

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See also: کاشتن

Persian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *kas- (to be small, diminish, lessen), of uncertain further origin; compare perhaps German hager (gaunt) and Lithuanian kašėti (to lessen, become thin, dry, weaken).[1][2] Cognate with که (keh, small), Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬯𐬫𐬀𐬵 (kasyah, smaller, lesser), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ks, small(er), less(er), young(er)), Nayini käs (small), Bactrian κισατο (kisato, least, youngest), Baluchi [script needed] (kisān, kasān, small), Sanskrit कशु (kaśu, a name denoting 'the Small One'), and Old Armenian կէս (kēs, half; in part), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? kāstan
Dari reading? kāstan
Iranian reading? kâstan
Tajik reading? kostan

Verb

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Dari کاستن
Iranian Persian
Tajik костан

کاستن (kâstan) (present stem کاه (kâh))

  1. to decrease
    Synonyms: کاهیدن (kâhidan), کم کردن (kam kardan)
    Antonym: افزودن (afzudan)

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, page 247
  2. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 331–337