برگزیدن

Persian

Etymology

From (bar) +‎ (gozidan).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /baɾ.ɡu.ziː.ˈdan/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.ɡʊ.ziː.d̪än]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.ɡʊ.ziː.d̪än]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.ɡu.zi.d̪än]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæɹ.ɡo.ziː.d̪æn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.ɡu.zi.d̪än]

Readings
Classical reading^?	barguzīdan
Dari reading^?	barguzīdan
Iranian reading^?	bargozidan
Tajik reading^?	barguzidan

Verb

بَرگُزیدَن • (bargozidan) (present stem بَرگُزین (bargozin))

to choose, to select
Synonym: انتخاب کردن (entexâb kardan)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 3711:
  از پناه حق حصاری به ندید، یورتگه نزدیک آن دز برگزید.
  az penâh-e haqq hesâri-ye beh na-did, yurtge nazdik-e ân daz bar-gozid.
  She saw no better fortress than the protection of God: she chose her abiding place near to that castle.