برگزیدن

برگزیدن

Persian

Etymology

بر‎ (bar) +‎ گزیدن‎ (gozidan).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /baɾɡuziːdan/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /baɾɡʊziːdan/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /bæɾɡoziːdæn/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /baɾɡuzidan/

Verb

بَرگُزیدَن • (bargozidan) (present stem بَرگُزین‎ (bargozin))

1. to choose, to select
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 3711:

     ‏از پناه حق حصاری به ندید، یورتگه نزدیک آن دز برگزید.‎‎

     az penâh-e haqq hesâri-ye beh na-did, yurtge nazdik-e ân daz bar-gozid.

     She saw no better fortress than the protection of God: she chose her abiding place near to that castle.

   Synonym: انتخاب کردن‎ (entexâb kardan)