An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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  ۱) گردیدن، گشتن؛ گرداندن؛ ۲) گشت  
1) gardidan, gaštan; gardândan; 2) gašt
Fr.: 1) tourner; faire tourner; 2) tour, tournure  

  1. To move, or cause to move, around, or partly around a center.

  2. The action or an act of turning about a center or axis.

Etymology (EN): M.E. turnen; O.E. turnian “to rotate, revolve,” also from O.Fr. torner “to turn,” both from L. tornare “to turn on a lathe,” from tornus “lathe,” from Gk. tornos “lathe, tool for drawing circles.”

Etymology (PE): Gardidan “to turn; turning,” variant gaštan “to turn, to change;” Mid.Pers. vartitan; Av. varət- “to turn, revolve;” Skt. vrt- “to turn, roll,” vartate “it turns round, rolls;” L. vertere “to turn;” O.H.G. werden “to become;” PIE base *wer- " to turn, bend."