خلیدن

Persian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? xalīdan
Dari reading? xalīdan
Iranian reading? xalidan
Tajik reading? xalidan

Verb

خلیدن • (xalidan) (present stem خل (xal))

  1. (archaic in Iran) to hurt by introducing a sharp point, to sting
    • 11th Century CE, Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani, Vis and Rāmin
      گهی از بهر او خوابش رمیده
      گهی خارش به دست اندر خلیده
      gahi az bahr-e 'u xâbaš ramide
      gahi xâraš be dast andar xalide
      Sometimes his (the gardener's) sleep has been disturbed because of it (the rose),
      sometimes its thorn has cut his hand.

Derived terms

  • خلش (xaleš)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “خلیدن”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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