افتادن

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (’wpt- /⁠ōft-⁠/, “fall”), from Proto-Iranian *ava- (“away, down”) + *pat- (“to fly, rise; to fall”), the former from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háwa (“away, down”), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out; to spread one's wings, fly”).[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔʊf.t̪ʰɑː.d̪ǽn], [ʔäf.t̪ʰɑː.d̪ǽn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔʊf.t̪ʰɑː.d̪ǽn], [ʔäf.t̪ʰɑː.d̪ǽn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔuf.t̪ʰɔː.d̪ǽn], [ʔäf.t̪ʰɔː.d̪ǽn]
  • (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔof.t̪ʰɒː.d̪ǽn], [ʔæf.t̪ʰɒː.d̪ǽn]
  • (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔuf.t̪ʰɔ.d̪ǽn], [ʔäf.t̪ʰɔ.d̪ǽn]

Readings
Classical reading? uftāḏan, aftāḏan
Dari reading? uftādan, aftādan
Iranian reading? oftâdan, aftâdan
Tajik reading? uftodan, aftodan

Verb

Dari افتادن
Iranian Persian
Tajik афтодан

اُفتادَن • (oftâdan) (present stem اُفت (oft))[2][3]

  1. to fall
  2. to happen, to occur
    اتفاق افتادن ― ettefâq oftâdan ― to happen
  3. to fall ill
  4. to be dissolved
  5. (dialectal) to be freed from use, to no longer have any use
  6. (figurative) to have a miscarriage

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 301
  2. Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “افتادن”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  3. MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “’wpt-”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 61
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