الفختن

الفختن

Persian

Alternative forms

• الفاختن‎ (alfâxtan)
• الفخدن‎ (alfaxdan)
  • الفغدن‎ (alfağdan)
• الفنجیدن‎ (alfanjidan)
  • الفندن‎ (alfandan)
  • الفیدن‎ (alfidan)

Etymology

From Bactrian.

Verb

الفختن • (alfaxtan) (present stem الفنج‎ (alfanj))

1. (archaic) to collect

Synonyms

• اندوختن‎ (anduxtan) (archaic)
• جمع کردن‎ (jam' kardan)

References

• Dehkhoda
• Mo'in
• Amid
• Jafari Dehaghi, Mahmud; Emadaldin Sadri, Amir (2012), “Vâmvâže-hey balxī dar pârsi now [Bactrian Loanwords in New-Persian]”, in Language Studies‎ (in Persian), volume 2, issue 4, Tehran: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, page 3