Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Akin to Middle Persian hndʾm (handām, member, limb) (whence هندام (handâm)), Manichaean Parthian [Manichaean needed] (hndʾm /⁠handām⁠/, limb, member; part, section), Northern Kurdish hinav (organ), Central Kurdish هەناو (henaw, organ), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬧𐬛𐬁𐬨𐬀 (haṇdāma, limb). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (together) + *dʰeh₁- (to put) + *-mn̥.

Compare also Arabic هِنْدَام (hindām) (whence هندام (hendâm)), Old Armenian անդամ (andam), Classical Mandaic ࡄࡀࡍࡃࡀࡌࡀ (handāmā), Aramaic הדמא (haddāmā), Classical Syriac ܗܕܡܐ (haddāmā), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? andām
Dari reading? andām
Iranian reading? andâm
Tajik reading? andom

Noun

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Dari اندام
Iranian Persian
Tajik андом

اندام (andâm) (plural اندام‌ها (andâm-hâ))

  1. limb
  2. organ
  3. body, figure
  4. (archaic) symmetry, order, arrangement

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani: əndam
  • Ottoman Turkish: اندام (endam)

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