Persian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (psnd /⁠passand⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *pati- (towards, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *práti-, from Proto-Indo-European *préti) + *sand (to look good, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sčand (to look good), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱend- (to agree, approve; to appear, seem (to agree))).[1] Related to پسندیدن (pasandidan), Sanskrit छन्द् (chand, to appear, be pleasing), and perhaps Ancient Greek κέκασμαι (kékasmai, to excel).

The further appurtenance of the Indo-European root *(s)ḱend- is uncertain:

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? pasand
Dari reading? pasand
Iranian reading? pasand
Tajik reading? pasand

Noun edit

Dari پسند
Iranian Persian
Tajik пасанд

پَسَند (pasand)

  1. like
  2. choice

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 332-333
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 106-7

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian پسند (pasand).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

پَسَنْد (pasandf (Hindi spelling पसंद)

  1. like
  2. choice