# گذاشتن
## Persian
### Alternative forms

* گذاردن (gozârdan)
* گذاریدن (gozârîdan, “present stem infinitive”)

### Etymology

Causative transitive form of گذشتن (gozaštan, “to pass”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ɡu.ðɑːʃ.ˈtan]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ɡʊ.zɑːʃ.t̪ʰǽn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ɡʊ.zɑːʃ.t̪ʰǽn]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ɡʊ.zɑːʃ.t̪ʰǽn]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ɡu.zɔːʃ.t̪ʰǽn]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ɡ̥o.zɒːʃ.t̪ʰǽn]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ɡu.zɔʃ.t̪ʰǽn]

### Verb

گُذاشتَن • (gozâštan) (present stem گُذار (gozâr) or ذار (zâr)) (transitive)
* to let, to permit, to allow (takes the subjunctive)
    Synonym: اجازه دادن (ejâze dâdan)
    معلم گذاشت که من به رستوران بروم. (more literary)mo'allem gozâšt ke man be restorân beravam.The teacher let me go to the restaurant.
    معلم گذاشت من برم رستوران. (more colloquial)mo'allem gozâšt man beram restorân.The teacher let me go to the restaurant.
** c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 164:کی گذارد آن که رشک روشنی است تا بگویم آن چه فرض و گفتنی است؟kay guḏārad ān ki rašk-i rōšanī ast tā bigōyam ān či farz u guftanī astWhen will He who is envied by Light allow Me to tell that which is obligatory and ought to be told?(Classical Persian transliteration)
* to put, to place
    Synonyms: قرار دادن (qarâr dâdan), نهادن (nehâdan)
    بر سر گذاشتن ― bar sar gozâštan ― to put on the head
    روی هم گذاشتن ― ru-ye ham gozâštan ― to put on top of each other
    آن را بگذارید روی ترازو. (more literary)ân râ begozârid ru-ye tarâzu.Please put it on the scales.
    بذارینش روی ترازو. (more colloquial)bezârineš ru-ye tarâzu.Please put it on the scales.
** 1972, “نمياد”, performed by Googoosh:دیگه اون دوست نداره واسه من گل بیاره روی موهام بذارهdige un dust nadâre vâse man gol biyâre ruye muhâm bezâreHe no longer likesr Bringing flowers for me Putting them in my hair
* to relinquish, to set aside, to leave aside, to leave
    کسی را تنها گذاشتنkasi râ tanhâ gozâštanto leave someone alone
    کسی را منتظر گذاشتنkasi râ montazer gozâštanto leave someone waiting; to leave someone hanging
** 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 105:هر جا که یار کعبه جانها مقام اوست بگذار طواف قدس خلیل و مدینه راhar jā ki yār ka'ba-yi jānhā maqām-i ō-st bigzār tawāf quds xalīl u madīna rāWherever the beloved is, her place is the Kaaba of souls; Put aside the circumambulation of Jerusalem, Hebron, and Medina.(Classical Persian transliteration)
* to preserve, to keep
* to carry out (an activity)
    فروش گذاشتن ― foruš gozâštan ― to carry out a sale
    احترام گذاشتن ― ehterâm gozâštan ― to respect
* (archaic) to traverse, travel, pass through (both space and time)
** 10th century, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh
    بیابان گذارد به اندک سپاه شود شاه پیروز و دشمن تباهbiyābān gozārad ba andak sepāh / šawad šāh pērōz u dušman tabāh[If] the army travels through deserts infrequently / [our] king will be victorious, and the enemy defeated.

#### Related terms

* گذراندن (gozarândan, “to spend, to pass time”)
* گذشتن (gozaštan, “to pass; to pass away”)

### References

* ↑ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 380-2