بستن

What it means

بستن (bastan) means “to close, to tie, to fasten, to lock.” Pure Persian regular verb (one of the most-used in the language). A1 vocabulary. The natural antonym of باز کردن (bâz kardan, “to open”).

How to use it

• در را ببند (dar râ beband) “Close the door”
• کمربندت را ببند (kamarbandet râ beband) “Fasten your seatbelt”
• چشمت را ببند (cheshmet râ beband) “Close your eyes”

Common pairings

• بسته (baste) “closed, package, bundle”
• بسته‌بندی (baste-bandi) “packaging”
• قرارداد بستن (qarârdâd bastan) “to sign a contract”
• بند (band) “tie, bond, string”

Conjugation

Present stem: بند (band). Past stem: بست (bast). Sample forms, present 1sg: می‌بندم (mibandam, “I close”); simple past 1sg: بستم (bastam, “I closed”); subjunctive 1sg: ببندم (bebandam, “that I close”); imperative: ببند (beband, “close!”). Cognate with English “bind” through Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-.

References

• Dehkhoda
• Wiktionary