برشتن

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Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian blyštn' (brištan, to roast), ultimately from a Western Iranian derivative of Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰr̥ȷ́yáti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥ǵ-yé-ti, from *bʰerǵ ~ *bʰreǵ (to roast, fry). Cognate with Sanskrit भृज्जति (bhṛjjati), Latin frigo (whence English fry) and Ancient Greek φρύγω (phrúgō).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? birištan
Dari reading? birištan
Iranian reading? bereštan
Tajik reading? birištan

Verb[edit]

Dari برشتن
Iranian Persian
Tajik бириштан

برشتن (bereštan) (present stem بریز (beriz) or برز (berez))

  1. to toast; to roast; to fry
    • Bible Ezekiel 4:9:
      پس‌ گندم‌ و جو و باقلا و عدس‌ و ارزن‌ و ماشک برای‌ خود گرفته‌، آنها را در یک‌ ظرف‌ بریز و خوراکی‌ از آنها برای‌ خود بپز
      Thus, take with you wheat, barley, beans, lentiles, millet and vetch and, having placed them in a pot, roast them and feed yourself with that which you have cooked

Usage notes[edit]

The present stem is not used in Persian, but only in southern dialects such as Bandar Abbasi.

References[edit]

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “brištan”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press