کوفتن

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwptn' /⁠kōftan⁠/, “to beat, pound, crush”),[1] from Proto-Iranian *kaup- (“to pound, beat”), which appears to be exclusively Iranian.[2] Cognate to Central Kurdish کەوتن‎ (kewtin) and Northern Kurdish ketin (dialectal keftin) both meaning 'to fall'.

Pronunciation

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(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [koːf.ˈtan]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰoːf.t̪ʰǽn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰoːf.t̪ʰǽn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰʊːf.t̪ʰǽn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰuːf.t̪ʰǽn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɵf.t̪ʰǽn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kōftan
Dari reading^?	kōftan
Iranian reading^?	kuftan
Tajik reading^?	küftan

Verb


Iranian Persian
Dari	Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Tajik	кӯфтан

کوفتن • (kuftan)

to break, bruise, knock, strike, smite, beat, thrash, shake, trample under foot, tread upon
to precipitate, throw down
to bleach

Derived terms

کوفته‎ (kufte)

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “kōftan”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 51
Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 249-250

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “کوفتن”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

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[1] MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “kōftan”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 51

[2] Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 249-250