پیراستن

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian pdrʾst, pdrʾy- (padrāst, padrāy-, to prepare, make ready). Related to Old Armenian պատրաստ (patrast), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

Verb

Dari Persian پیراستن
Iranian Persian پیراستن
Tajiki Persian перостан (perostan)

پیراستن (pirâstan) (present stem پیرا (pirâ))

  1. to adorn, decorate, ornament, embellish (especially by cutting, clipping, or taking away)
  2. to prune, clip, trim
  3. to diminish
  4. to tan

Conjugation

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), پیراستن”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004), “pdrʾy-”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols
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