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acceptor
  پذیرنده   
pazirandé (#)

Fr.: accepteur   

In a → semiconductor, an → impurity which creates a hole in the electronic structure of the crystal and causes p conduction. → donor; → impurity.

M.E. acceptour, from O.Fr. acceptour, from L. acceptor, from acceptare "take or receive willingly," from accipere "to receive," from → ad- "to" + capere "to take, hold, seize," PIE base *kap- "to grasp" (cf. Skt. kapati "two handfuls," Gk. kaptein "to swallow," Goth. haban "have, hold," O.E. habban "to have, hold," probably Mod.Pers. qâp-, qâpidan, kapidan "to seize, rob," Av. haf-, hap- "to keep, observe").

Pazirandé agent noun from paziroftan "to receive, accept, admit," Mid.Pers. padiriftan, padir- "to receive, accept," from Proto-Iranian *pati- + *grab- "to grab, seize, take," Av./O.Pers. grab- "to take, seize;" cp. Skt. grah-, grabh- "to seize, take," graha "seizing, holding, perceiving," M.L.G. grabben "to grab," from P.Gmc. *grab (E. grab); PIE *ghrebh- "to seize."