پوسیدن

See also: بوسیدن and پوشیدن

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *puH- (“to rot”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *puH-, from Proto-Indo-European *puH- (“rotten, foul”).[1] Compare Sanskrit पूयति (pūyati, “to stink, to become putrid”), Latin pūs (“pus, foul matter”), Ancient Greek πῡ́θω (pū́thō, “to rot, to decay”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? pōsīdan
Dari reading? pōsīdan
Iranian reading? pusidan
Tajik reading? püsidan

Verb

پوسیدن • (pusidan)

  1. to rot, decay; to decompose
  2. to moulder, putrefy
  3. to corrode, rust

References

  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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