Where does “حرف زدن” come from?

حرف زدن (Persian) comes from Persian حرف, from Arabic حَرْف — grammatical particle; letter of alphabet.

حرف زدن (Persian): to talk; to speak

Definitions

  1. to talk; to speak

Ancestry of “حرف زدن”, step by step

حرف زدن traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian حرف

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianحرفspeech; talk; letter
2Arabicحَرْفgrammatical particle; letter of alphabet

via Persian زَدَن

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianزَدَن—
Every word from Arabic حَرْف →Every word from Persian حرف →