گرفتن

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (griftan) [script needed], from Old Persian grab- (, to seize), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebh₂- (to grab, seize). Cognates include Baluchi گرگ (girag), Kurdish گرتن (girtin), Sanskrit गृह्णाति (gṛhṇāti, he seizes), English grab and Russian грабить (grábit’) and German: greifen.

Pronunciation

Verb

Dari Persian گرفتن
Iranian Persian گرفتن
Tajiki Persian гирифтан (giriftan)

گرفتن (gereftan) (present stem گیر (gir))

  1. to grab
  2. to grip
  3. to take
  4. to get
  5. to catch
    گربه ۲ موش را گرفت.
    “[The] cat caught two mice.”
  6. to hold
  7. to seize
  8. to receive

Conjugation

Derived terms

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