دراییدن

دراییدن

Persian

Alternative forms

• درائیدن‎ (darâyidan)

Etymology

From Middle Persian dl'-ytn' (drāyīdan, “to speak, chatter”).

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /daɾɒːjiːdan/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /dæɾɒːjiːdæn/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /daɾɔːjidan/

Verb

دراییدن • (darâyidan) (present stem درای‎ (darây))

1. (obsolete) To speak, say, chatter, babble

   ‏ژاژ دراییدن‎ ― žâž darâyidan ― to lie

   ‏هرزه دراییدن‎ ― harze darâyidan ― to say nonsense

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “dl'-ytn'”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 27
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “دراییدن”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press