داشتن

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian, from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎫𐎡𐎹 (d-a-r-y-t-i-y /⁠dārayatiy⁠/, to hold, have), from Proto-Iranian *dar-,[1] from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰar- (to hold, carry; to bear, support), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (to hold).

Pronunciation

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Verb

Dari داشتن
Iranian Persian
Tajik доштан

داشتن (dâštan) (present stem دار (dâr))

  1. to have
    چهار تا بچه داریم.
    Čahâr tâ bačče dârim.
    We have four children.
  2. to hold
  3. to possess
  4. to own
  5. (auxiliary, colloquial) to be (doing something)
    دارم می‌روم.
    dâram mi-ravam.
    I am going.
    داشتی قدم می‌زدی.
    dâšti qadam mi-zadi.
    You were walking.

Usage notes

Unlike most other verbs, the simple present imperfective form of داشتن does not use the durative prefix می.

Conjugation

References

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