خنده
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See also: جنده
Persian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Persian [script needed] (hndytn' /xandīdan/, “to laugh”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʰendʰ-. Cognates with Sogdian [script needed] (γnt- /xand-/, “to laugh”), Northern Kurdish kenîn (“to laugh”), Khotanese khan- (“to laugh”), Baluchi کندگ (kandag, “to laugh”), and Old Armenian խինդ (xind), Northern Luri خںنںە (xənə) and Pashto خندل and خنده (laugh, to laugh).
Pronunciation[edit]
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- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [xan.ˈda]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xæn̪.d̪é]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χän̪.d̪ǽ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | xanda |
| Dari reading? | xanda |
| Iranian reading? | xande |
| Tajik reading? | xanda |
Noun[edit]
| Dari | خنده |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | ханда |
خنده • (xande)
- laughing; a laugh; laughter
- 11th century, Abulfazl Bayhaqi, edited by Ali-Akbar Fayyaz, Tarikh-i Bayhaqi, page 83:
- و وی هر کسی را لطف میکرد و زهر خنده میزد – و به هیچ روزگار من او را با خندهٔ فراخ ندیدم، الا همه تبسم، که صعب مردی بود – و سخت فرو شده بود؛ چنان که گفتی میداند که چه خواهد بود.
- and he was doing acts of kindness to everyone [visiting him] and was doing forced laughing – and in all my life I never saw him with a joyful laugh, except only smiles, since he was a tough man – and he was so thoughtful; such that he knew what was about to happen.
- 11th century, Abulfazl Bayhaqi, edited by Ali-Akbar Fayyaz, Tarikh-i Bayhaqi, page 83:
References[edit]
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “خنده”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul