Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (hndytn' /⁠xandīdan⁠/, to laugh), from Proto-Iranian *xand- (to laugh), from Proto-Indo-European *kʰendʰ- (to be joyous). Cognate with Sogdian [script needed] (γnt- /⁠xand-⁠/, to laugh), Northern Kurdish kenîn (to laugh), Khotanese khan- (to laugh), Baluchi کندگ (kandag, to laugh), and Old Armenian խինդ (xind, joy, mirth).[1] The root may be partially onomatopoeic in origin; compare also Sanskrit कख् (kakh, to laugh), Ancient Greek καχάζω (kakházō, I laugh), Latin cachinnō (laugh loudly), Proto-Slavic *xoxotati (to laugh loudly), Lithuanian kikénti (to giggle).[2]

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? xandīḏan
Dari reading? xandīdan
Iranian reading? xandidan
Tajik reading? xandidan

Verb

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Dari خندیدن
Iranian Persian
Tajik хандидан

خندیدن (xandidan) (present stem خند (xand))

  1. to laugh

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խինդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  2. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 442-3