مالیدن

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Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (mālīdan /⁠mʾlytn'⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *Hmarz- (to wipe; to rub), from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *h₃merǵ- (to wipe). Compare Sanskrit मृज् (mṛj, to wipe, to rub), Ancient Greek ὀμόργνῡμῐ (omórgnūmi, to rub).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? mālīḏan
Dari reading? mālīdan
Iranian reading? mâlidan
Tajik reading? molidan

Verb[edit]

مالیدن (mâlidan) (present stem مال (mâl))

  1. to rub
    Synonym: ساییدن (sâyidan)
  2. to massage
    Synonym: ماساژ دادن (mâsâž dâdan)
  3. to smear

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

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