دروند

Pashto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪ruŋd̪/
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Adjective

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دروند • (drund)

  1. heavy
  2. honorable
  3. haunted

Declension

See also

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (druwand /⁠dlwnd⁠/, sinful, unrighteous [one]), borrowed from Avestan 𐬛𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 (druuaṇt), 𐬛𐬭𐬆𐬔𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 (drəguuaṇt), from Proto-Iranian *dráwgah-wánts (follower of the Lie). Compare Sanskrit द्रुह्वन् (druhvan).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ʊɾ.wǽn̪d̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d̪ʊɾ.wǽn̪d̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d̪uɾ.wǽn̪d̪̥]

Readings
Classical reading? durwand
Dari reading? durwand
Iranian reading? dorvand
Tajik reading? durvand

Adjective

دروند • (dorvand)

  1. (usually Zoroastrianism) sinful, wicked

Noun

دروند • (dorvand)

  1. (Zoroastrianism, archaic) infidel, non-Zoroastrian; (usually) Muslim
    Synonym: جددین (joddin)
    Antonym: بهدین (behdin)

Descendants

  • Gujarati: દુરવંદ (durvand)
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