See hwʾstn' on Wiktionary
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "خواستن",
"tr": "xâstan"
},
"expansion": "Persian: خواستن (xâstan)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Persian: خواستن (xâstan)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pal",
"2": "ira-pro",
"3": "*xwaz-",
"t": "to want; to wish"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Iranian *xwaz- (“to want; to wish”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pal",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "uncertain",
"name": "uncertain"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pal",
"2": "ira-pro",
"3": "*kauz-",
"t": "to search, seek"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Iranian *kauz- (“to search, seek”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pal",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "unknown",
"name": "unknown"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pal",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*sweh₂d-",
"t": "sweet"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d- (“sweet”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "kmr",
"2": "xwestin"
},
"expansion": "Northern Kurdish xwestin",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lrc",
"2": "هاسن",
"tr": "hāsen"
},
"expansion": "Northern Luri هاسن (hāsen)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yai",
"2": "хоҳак"
},
"expansion": "Yagnobi хоҳак (xohak)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bal",
"2": "واهَگ",
"t": "to want, wish",
"tr": "wāhag"
},
"expansion": "Baluchi واهَگ (wāhag, “to want, wish”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "xcl",
"2": "*խազ-"
},
"expansion": "Old Armenian *խազ- (*xaz-)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Iranian *xwaz- (“to want; to wish”), of uncertain origin.\nPerhaps an ablaut variant of Proto-Iranian *kauz- (“to search, seek”), itself of unknown origin.\nAlternatively, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d- (“sweet”).\nCognate with Northern Kurdish xwestin, Northern Luri هاسن (hāsen), Yagnobi хоҳак (xohak). Baluchi واهَگ (wāhag, “to want, wish”), and Old Armenian *խազ- (*xaz-), an Iranian borrowing.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pal",
"2": "verb",
"tr": "xwāstan"
},
"expansion": "hwʾstn' • (xwāstan)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle Persian",
"lang_code": "pal",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "53 47",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle Persian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "59 41",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "64 36",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to seek, to want, to desire"
],
"id": "en-hwʾstn'-pal-verb-skZaczHk",
"links": [
[
"seek",
"seek"
],
[
"want",
"want"
],
[
"desire",
"desire"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "53 47",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle Persian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to attract, to acquire"
],
"id": "en-hwʾstn'-pal-verb-rhYuDgkv",
"links": [
[
"attract",
"attract"
],
[
"acquire",
"acquire"
]
]
}
],
"word": "hwʾstn'"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle Persian entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle Persian lemmas",
"Middle Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Middle Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian",
"Middle Persian terms with unknown etymologies",
"Middle Persian verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "خواستن",
"tr": "xâstan"
},
"expansion": "Persian: خواستن (xâstan)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Persian: خواستن (xâstan)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pal",
"2": "ira-pro",
"3": "*xwaz-",
"t": "to want; to wish"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Iranian *xwaz- (“to want; to wish”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pal",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "uncertain",
"name": "uncertain"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pal",
"2": "ira-pro",
"3": "*kauz-",
"t": "to search, seek"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Iranian *kauz- (“to search, seek”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pal",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "unknown",
"name": "unknown"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pal",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*sweh₂d-",
"t": "sweet"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d- (“sweet”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "kmr",
"2": "xwestin"
},
"expansion": "Northern Kurdish xwestin",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lrc",
"2": "هاسن",
"tr": "hāsen"
},
"expansion": "Northern Luri هاسن (hāsen)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yai",
"2": "хоҳак"
},
"expansion": "Yagnobi хоҳак (xohak)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bal",
"2": "واهَگ",
"t": "to want, wish",
"tr": "wāhag"
},
"expansion": "Baluchi واهَگ (wāhag, “to want, wish”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "xcl",
"2": "*խազ-"
},
"expansion": "Old Armenian *խազ- (*xaz-)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Iranian *xwaz- (“to want; to wish”), of uncertain origin.\nPerhaps an ablaut variant of Proto-Iranian *kauz- (“to search, seek”), itself of unknown origin.\nAlternatively, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d- (“sweet”).\nCognate with Northern Kurdish xwestin, Northern Luri هاسن (hāsen), Yagnobi хоҳак (xohak). Baluchi واهَگ (wāhag, “to want, wish”), and Old Armenian *խազ- (*xaz-), an Iranian borrowing.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pal",
"2": "verb",
"tr": "xwāstan"
},
"expansion": "hwʾstn' • (xwāstan)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle Persian",
"lang_code": "pal",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to seek, to want, to desire"
],
"links": [
[
"seek",
"seek"
],
[
"want",
"want"
],
[
"desire",
"desire"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to attract, to acquire"
],
"links": [
[
"attract",
"attract"
],
[
"acquire",
"acquire"
]
]
}
],
"word": "hwʾstn'"
}
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{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
"msg": "unrecognized head form: xwāstan",
"path": [
"hwʾstn'"
],
"section": "Middle Persian",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "hwʾstn'",
"trace": ""
}
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