سکندری

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Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Noun[edit]

سکندری (sekandari)

  1. stumble
  2. (literary) being (high and mighty) like Alexander the Great
    نه هر که چهره برافروخت دلبری داند / نه هر که آینه سازد سکندری داند

Related terms[edit]

لَغزِش (lağzeš)

Descendants[edit]

سکندری خوردن (sekandari xordan)

References[edit]

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “سکندری”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press