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From Middle Persian [script needed] (b(ʾ)htn', bhš- /⁠baxtan, baxš⁠/, to apportion, to distribute, to allocate), from Proto-Iranian *baxšáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰakšás, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (to distribute, allot). Related to بخش (baxš, portion, lot).

Readings
Classical reading? baxšīḏan
Dari reading? baxšīdan
Iranian reading? baxšidan
Tajik reading? baxšidan
Dari بخشیدن
Iranian Persian
Tajik бахшидан

بخشیدن (baxšidan) (present stem بخش (baxš))

  1. to donate, give, grant, bestow, allocate, apportion
  2. to divide, partition, portion
  3. (colloquial) to forgive, pardon, absolve, excuse
    Synonym: بخشودن
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 19-20