آراستن

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Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭫𐭠𐭮𐭲𐭭𐭩 (ʾlʾstny /⁠ārāstan⁠/), prefixed form of Proto-Iranian *Hraz-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (to straighten). Cognate with other Persian verbs پیراستن (pirâstan, to embellish) and افراختن (afrâxtan, to hoist), and distantly to Sanskrit राजति (rājati, to direct), Latin regō (to rule; to steer).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Readings
Classical reading? ārāstan
Dari reading? ārāstan
Iranian reading? ârâstan
Tajik reading? orostan

Verb[edit]

Dari آراستن
Iranian Persian
Tajik оростан

آراستن (ârâstan) (present stem آرا (ârâ))

  1. to arrange; to array
    • 1258, Shaykh Muṣliḥ-ud-Dīn Saʿdī of Shiraz, translated by Wheeler M. Thackston, The Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa’di: Bilingual English and Persian Edition with Vocabulary, Bethesda, MD: Ibex Publishers, published 2008, →ISBN, page 61:
      مُدَّتی مُلْک رَانْد تَا بَعْضیِ اُمْرَایِ دَوْلَت گَرْدَن اَز طَاعَت او بِپیچَانِیدَنْد و مُلُوک اَز هَر طَرَف بَمُنَازَعَت بَرْخَاسْتَنْد و بَمُقَاوَمَت لَشْکَر آرَاسْتَنْد.
      muddatē mulk rānd tā ba'zy-i umrā-yi dawlat gardan az tā'at ō bipēčānīdand u mulūk az har taraf bamunāza'at barxāstand u bamuqāwamat laškar ārāstand.
      He ruled the kingdom for a time until some princes rebelled against his authority, throwing the lords of all regions into strife with one another as they arranged their armies in opposition.
      (Classical Persian romanization)
  2. to decorate; to adorn
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 311”, in The Divān of Hafez:
      عَاشِق و رِنْد و نَظَرْبَازَم و می‌گویَم فَاش
      تَا بِدَانِی کِه بَه چَنْدِین هُنَر آرَاسْتَه‌اَم
      'āšiq u rind u nazarbāzam u mē-gōyam fāš
      tā bidānī ki ba čandīn hunar ārāsta-am
      I am lover and rogue and player-with-glances, and I say so out loud
      So that you might know with how many skills I am graced.
      (Classical Persian romanization)

Conjugation[edit]

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Derived terms[edit]