Persian edit

Etymology 1 edit

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 edit

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

  1. advice, counsel, guidance

Etymology 2 edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Seems like a semantic shift from Etymology 1 above, as tricks are a special form of guidance to achieve effective results.”

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

پند (pand) (plural پندها (pand-hâ))

  1. (archaic) knack, trick, gimmick
Descendants edit
  • 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 edit

  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