پند

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian pnd (pand, “path; counsel, advice”) (compare Parthian [Manichaean needed] (pand /⁠pnd⁠/, “counsel”), [Manichaean needed] (pandān /⁠pndʾn⁠/, “path”)), from Proto-Iranian *pántaHh- (“path, road”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pántaHs (“path”).[1] Cognate with Old Armenian հուն (hun), Ancient Greek πάτος (pátos), πόντος (póntos), Latin pons, and Old Church Slavonic пѫть (pǫtĭ).

Noun

پند • (pand) (plural پندها (pand-hâ))[2][3][4]

  1. advice, counsel, guidance

Alternative forms
  • فند (fand)

Noun

پند • (pand) (plural پندها (pand-hâ))

  1. (archaic) knack, trick, gimmick
Descendants
  • → Arabic: فَنّ (fann)
    • Egyptian Arabic: فن (fann)
    • → Azerbaijani: fənn
    • → Bashkir: фән (fən)
    • → Hausa: fannī̀
    • → Kazakh: пән (pän)
    • → Persian: فن (fann)
    • → Swahili: fani
    • → Turkish: fen
    • → Uyghur: پەن (pen)
    • → Uzbek: fan
  • → Georgian: ფანდი (pandi)

References
  1. Edelʹman, D. I. (2020) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 124
  2. Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “پند”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
  3. MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “pand”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
  4. Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “pnd”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols
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