دم زدن

دم زدن • (dam zadan) (intransitive)

1. to breathe

   Synonym: نفس کشیدن (nafas kešidan)

   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 152”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:

     در ازل پرتوِ حسنت ز تجلی دم زد
     عشق پیدا شد و آتش به همه عالم زد

     dar azal partaw-i husn-at zi tajalli dam zad
     išq paydā šud u ātiš ba hama ālam zad

     In pre-eternity, your beauty's ray let out a breath from epiphany;
     Love emerged and set fire to the entire world.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. to talk [with از ‘about’]

   Synonyms: حرف زدن (harf zadan), صحبت کردن (sohbat kardan)

   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 147:

     ای دل زار گرفتار پر از آتش درد
     پند نشنیدی و آخر دم احبابت زد

     ay dil-i zār-i giriftār-i pur az ātaš-i dard
     pand na-šunīdī u āxar dam-i ahbābat zad

     O tormented and entangled heart full of the fire of pain,
     You did not listen to advice and spoke of your beloveds at last!

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

3. to claim, to pretend, to boast [with از ‘of’]

   Synonym: ادعا کردن (edde'â kardan)