برگزیدن

Persian

Etymology

بر (bar) +‎ گزیدن (gozidan).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [baɾ.ɡu.ziː.ðan]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.ɡʊ.ziː.d̪än]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.ɡʊ.ziː.d̪än]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.ɡʊ.ziː.d̪än]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.ɡu.zi.d̪än]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæɹ.ɡo.ziː.d̪æn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.ɡu.zi.d̪än]

Readings
Classical reading?	barguzīḏan
Dari reading?	barguzīdan
Iranian reading?	bargozidan
Tajik reading?	barguzidan

Verb

بَرگُزیدَن • (bargozidan) (present stem بَرگُزین (bargozin))

1. to choose, to select

   Synonym: انتخاب کردن (entexâb kardan)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 3711:

     از پناه حق حصاری به ندید، یورتگه نزدیک آن دز برگزید.

     az penâh-e haqq hesâri-ye beh na-did, yurtge nazdik-e ân daz bar-gozid.

     She saw no better fortress than the protection of God: she chose her abiding place near to that castle.