تافتن

See also: بافتن

Persian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Iranian *tāp- (“to twist, wind”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *temp- (“to span, stretch, extend”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tɑːf.ˈtan]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑːf.t̪ʰǽn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑːf.t̪ʰǽn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑːf.t̪ʰǽn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔːf.t̪ʰǽn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɒːf.t̪ʰǽn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔf.t̪ʰǽn]

Readings
Classical reading?	tāftan
Dari reading?	tāftan
Iranian reading?	tâftan
Tajik reading?	toftan

Verb

تافتن • (tâftan) (present stem تاب (tâb))

1. to twist
2. to twine

Related terms

• تابیدن (tâbidan)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“to be warm, tepid”).

Verb

تافتن • (tâftan) (present stem تاب (tâb))

1. to heat
2. to shine

Further reading

• Vullers, Johann August (1855) “تافتن”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 414
• Vullers, Johann August (1867) “تافتن”, in Supplementum lexici Persico-Latini continens verborum linguae persicae radices e dialectis antiquioribus Persicis et lingua Sanscrita et aliis linguis maxime cognatis erutas atque illustratas‎^[2] (in Latin), Gießen: J. Ricker, page 53