کندن

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian kntn' (kantan, to dig, raze, destroy), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎴- (kan-, to dig), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kan- (to dig). Cognate with Sanskrit खन् (khan, to dig), Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬥- (kan-, to dig).

Pronunciation

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  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [kʰän̪.d̪ǽn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [kʰän̪.d̪ǽn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [kʰän̪.d̪ǽn]

Readings
Classical reading? kandan
Dari reading? kandan
Iranian reading? kandan
Tajik reading? kandan

Verb

Dari کندن
Iranian Persian
Tajik кандан

کَندَن • (kandan) (present stem کَن (kan))

  1. to dig
  2. (of clothes, etc.) to take off
  3. (of hair, teeth, etc.) to tear out
  4. to inscribe, to carve

Conjugation

Derived terms

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