گفتن

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian gwptn' (guftan, to say, speak). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic говорити (govoriti).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ɡʊf.t̪ʰǽn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ɡʊf.t̪ʰǽn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ɡuf.t̪ʰǽn]

Readings
Classical reading? guftan
Dari reading? guftan
Iranian reading? goftan
Tajik reading? guftan
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Verb

Dari گفتن
Iranian Persian
Tajik гуфтан

گُفْتَن • (goftan) (present stem گو (gu) or گوی (guy))

  1. to say
  2. to tell
    او به من گفت که می‌خواهد لامپ سبزی بخرد. (more literary)
    u be man goft ke mi-xâhad lâmp-e sabz-i bexarad
    He told me he wants to buy a green lamp.
    او بهم گفت که می‌خواد یه لامپ سبز بخره. (more colloquial)
    u behem goft ke mi-xâd ye lâmp-e sabz bexare
    He told me he wants to buy a green lamp.
  3. to talk
  4. to speak

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

Persian compound verbs with گفتن

References

  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*gaub”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 113–114
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