/daːʃ.ˈtan/, [d̪ɑːʃ.t̪ʰán], [d̪ɑːʃ.t̪ʰán]
OriginFrom Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dʾštn' /dāštan/, “to hold, to have”), [Book Pahlavi needed] (YHSNN-tn' /dāštan/), 𐫅𐫀𐫢𐫤𐫗 (dʾštn /dāštan/), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎫𐎡𐎹 (d-a-r-y-t-i-y /dārayatiy/, “to hold, have”), from Proto-Iranian *dāráyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰāráyati (“to hold, carry; to bear, support”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold”).
- to have; to possess, to own
“چهار تا بچه داریم.” — We have four children.
- Iran, auxiliaryto be (doing something)
“دارم میروم.” — I am going.
“داشتی قدم میزدی.” — You were walking.
- Classical-Persianto keep, to hold
“بمستی روز هجران خویشتنرا شاد دارم
چه عدلی کز خرابی ملکرا آباد دارم” — I keep myself happy with drunkenness on the day of separation;
What justice it is that I should keep my kingdom flourishing through [my own] depravity!
Formsdāštan(romanization) · dâštan(romanization) · دار(present, stem) · spelling доштан(Tajik) · داشتن(infinitive) · داشت(past, stem) · دارنده(participle, present) · داشته(participle, past) · دارم(aorist, first-person, indicative, singular) · داری(aorist, indicative, second-person, singular) · دارد(aorist, indicative, singular, third-person) · داریم(aorist, first-person, indicative, plural) · دارید(aorist, indicative, plural, second-person) · دارند(aorist, indicative, plural, third-person) · میدارم(first-person, indicative, present, singular) · میداری(indicative, present, second-person, singular) · میدارد(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · میداریم(first-person, indicative, plural, present) · میدارید(indicative, plural, present, second-person) · میدارند(indicative, plural, present, third-person)