Question 1

How do we form the word وزان and what role does it play here?

Accepted Answer

It is a present participle formed from the verb وزیدن (to blow). You take the present stem, which is وز, and add the suffix ان. This creates وزان (blowing). In this sentence, it acts as an adjective describing the wind, connected by an ezafe: باد وزان (the blowing wind).

Question 2

Why does the sentence use لرزان بود instead of a past continuous verb like می‌لرزید?

Accepted Answer

لرزان is another present participle, formed from the present stem of لرزیدن (to tremble) plus the suffix ان. While you could use a regular past continuous verb to say "he was trembling," using لرزان as an adjective with بود (was) emphasizes his continuous state of being rather than just the action itself. It paints a slightly more descriptive, literary picture.

Question 3

Does چون always mean "because"?

Accepted Answer

No, it depends on the context! Here it means "because" or "since," introducing the reason for the shivering. However, چون can also mean "like" or "as" in comparisons. When you see it at the very beginning of a clause explaining why something happened, it almost always means "because."

Question 4

Why is there no ezafe between سردترین and باد?

Accepted Answer

Because سردترین is a superlative adjective (meaning "coldest"). In Farsi, superlative adjectives ending in ترین are placed before the noun they describe, and they do not use an ezafe. Notice how the regular adjective بیمار (sick) follows the normal rule: it comes after the noun and takes an ezafe in برادر بیمار من.

چون باد وزان سردترین باد بود، برادر بیمار من لرزان بود.

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