گرویدن

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Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (HYMNN-stn' /⁠wurrōyistan⁠/), 𐫇𐫡𐫇𐫏𐫘𐫤 (wrwyst /⁠wurrōyist[an]⁠⁠/, to believe; to choose); regularized based on the present stem 𐫇𐫡𐫇 (wrw /⁠wurrōy-⁠/).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? girawīḏan
Dari reading? girawīdan
Iranian reading? geravidan
Tajik reading? giravidan

Verb[edit]

گرویدن (geravidan) (present stem گرو (gerow))

  1. (intransitive) to convert, come to faith
    به اسلام گرویدند.be eslâm geravidand.They converted to Islam.