دراییدن

Persian

Alternative forms

• درائیدن (darâ'idan)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [da.ɾɑː.jiː.ˈðan]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.ɾɑː.jiː.d̪ǽn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.ɾɑː.jiː.d̪ǽn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.ɾɑː.jiː.d̪ǽn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.ɾɔː.ji.d̪ǽn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æ.ɹɒː.jiː.d̪ǽn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.ɾɔ.ji.d̪ǽn]

Readings
Classical reading?	darāyīḏan
Dari reading?	darāyīdan
Iranian reading?	darâyidan
Tajik reading?	daroyidan

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