یافتن

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (’y’ptn' /⁠ayāftan⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *Habí + *Hap- (“to reach, attain”). The prefix is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Habʰí (“to, against, for”), while the root is from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep- (“to take, seize, grab”).[1] Cognate with Talysh آبه (ābe).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [jɑːf.t̪ʰǽn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [jɑːf.t̪ʰǽn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [jɔːf.t̪ʰǽn]

Readings
Classical reading? yāftan
Dari reading? yāftan
Iranian reading? yâftan
Tajik reading? yoftan

Verb

Dari یافتن
Iranian Persian
Tajik ёфтан

یافتن • (yâftan) (present stem یاب (yâb))

  1. to acquire, find
    Synonym: پیدا کردن (peydâ kardan)
    آخر چگونه می‌توان راه‌حل مناسبی برای چنین مشکل بغرنجی یافت! (more literary)
    âxar cegune mi-tavân râh-e hall-e monâseb-i barâ-ye cenin moškel-e boğranj-i yâft!
    But how is one to find a suitable solution for such an intractable problem!

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • آبرو یافتن (âberu yâftan, “to win glory”)
  • آرامش یافتن (ârâmeš yâftan, “to be calmed”)
  • آگاهی یافتن (âgâhi yâftan, “to know”)
  • ادامه یافتن (edâme yâftan, “to continue”)
  • ارتقا یافتن (erteqâ yâftan, “to be promoted”)
  • اسکان یافتن (eskân yâftan, “to settle”)
  • اطمینان یافتن (etminân yâftan, “to make certain”)
  • افزایش یافتن (afzâyeš yâftan, “to increase”)
  • التیام یافتن (eltiyâm yâftan, “to be treated”)
  • امان یافتن (amân yâftan, “to be protected”)
  • انتشار یافتن (entešâr yâftan, “to be published”)
  • انتقال یافتن (enteqâl yâftan, “to be moved”)
  • تخصیص یافتن (taxsis yâftan, “to be apportioned”)
  • دریافتن (dar-yâftan, “to perceive”)
  • دست یافتن (dast yâftan, “to obtain”)
  • راه یافتن (râh yaftan, “to find a livelihood”)
  • پرورش یافتن (parvareš yâftan, “to be raised”)

References

  1. Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 161-3
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