نواختن

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Persian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *ni- + *wač- (to say, speak). The prefix is from Proto-Iranian *ní (down), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ní (down, into), while the second component is from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (to speak, sound out).[1]

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? nawāxtan
Dari reading? nawāxtan
Iranian reading? navâxtan
Tajik reading? navoxtan

Verb

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Dari نواختن
Iranian Persian
Tajik навохтан

نواختن (navâxtan) (present stem نواز (navâz))

  1. to caress; to fondle
  2. to play (a musical instrument)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 404