آبستن
Khalaj
Adjective
آبِستَن (âbistən)
Persian
Alternative forms
- اوسن (owsan) (dialectal, Khesht, Konartakhteh)
Etymology
From Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾpwstn' /ābustan, ābistan/), from [script needed] (ʾpws /ābus/, “pregnant”), from Proto-Iranian *āpuθra- (“pregnant”), from *puθráh (“son”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *putrás (“boy; son”), from Proto-Indo-European *putlós.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔaː.bis.ˈtan/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɑː.bɪs.t̪ʰän]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɒː.bes.t̪ʰæn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɔ.bis.t̪ʰän]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ābistan |
| Dari reading? | ābistan |
| Iranian reading? | âbestan |
| Tajik reading? | obistan |
Adjective
| Dari | آبستن |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | обистан |
آبستن • (âbestan)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person (“I am, we are”) |
آبستنم (âbestanam) | آبستنیم (âbestanim) |
| 2nd person (“you are”) |
آبستنی (âbestani) | آبستنید، آبستنین△ (âbestanid, âbestanin△) |
| 3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”) |
آبستن است، آبستنه△ (âbestan ast, âbestane△) | آبستنند، آبستنن△ (âbestanand, âbestanan△) |
△ Colloquial.
Derived terms
- آبستنی (âbestani)
Descendants
- → Gujarati: આબિસ્તા (ābistā)
- → Khalaj: âbistən