برازیدن

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian brʾcytn' (brāzidan, “to shine, gleam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁ǵ- (“to gleam, shine”). See also Proto-Albanian *bardza, English bright, Lithuanian brékšti (“to dawn”), Slovene brẹ̑sk (“dawn”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ba.ɾɑː.ziː.ðan]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.ɾɑː.ziː.d̪än]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.ɾɑː.ziː.d̪än]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bä.ɾɑː.ziː.d̪än]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bä.ɾɔː.zi.d̪än]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæ.ɹɒː.ziː.d̪æn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.ɾɔ.zi.d̪än]

Readings
Classical reading?	barāzīḏan
Dari reading?	barāzīdan
Iranian reading?	barâzidan
Tajik reading?	barozidan

Verb

Dari	برازیدن
Iranian Persian
Tajik	барозидан

برازیدن • (barâzidan) (present stem براز (barâz))

1. to beautify
2. to befit

References

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