خریدن

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See also: خزیدن and چریدن

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian 𐫟𐫡𐫏𐫗𐫏𐫅 (xrynyd), [script needed] (ZḆNN-tn' /⁠xrīdan⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *xrináHti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *krináHti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷrinéh₂ti. Compare Sanskrit क्रीणाति (krīṇāti, to buy; to purchase), Irish crean (to purchase).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? xarīḏan
Dari reading? xarīdan
Iranian reading? xaridan
Tajik reading? xaridan

Verb[edit]

Dari خریدن
Iranian Persian
Tajik харидан

خَریدَن (xaridan) (present stem خَر (xar))

  1. to buy; to purchase
    Synonym: خرید کردن (xarid kardan)
    Antonym: فروختن (foruxtan, to sell)
    • c. 1260, Rumi, “2:843”, in The Masnavi:
      پادشاهی دو غلام ارزان خرید، با یکی ز آن دو سخن گفت و شنید.
      pâdšâh-i do ğolâm arzân xarid, bâ yeki z-ân do soxan goft o šonid.
      A King bought two slaves cheap, and spoke and listened with one of the twain.
      (adapted from the Reynold A. Nicholson translation)

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Urdu: خریدنے (xarīdnā)
  • Hindi: ख़रीदना (xarīdnā)
  • Telugu: ఖరీదు (kharīdu)

References[edit]

  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 446-447