Where does “کتک زدن” come from?

کتک زدن (Persian) comes from Persian زدن — to beat, hit, strike.

کتک زدن (Persian): to beat up, to thrash

Definitions

  1. to beat up, to thrash

Ancestry of “کتک زدن”, step by step

کتک زدن traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian زدن

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianزدنto beat, hit, strike

via Persian کتک

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianکتک
Every word from Persian زدن