Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Iranian *hwanH- (to call), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swanH-, from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (to sound).[1]

Compare Northern Kurdish xwendin, Latin sonō, Sanskrit स्वनति (svanati).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? xwāndan
Dari reading? xāndan
Iranian reading? xândan
Tajik reading? xondan

Verb

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Dari خواندن
Iranian Persian
Tajik хондан

خوانْدَن (xândan) (present stem خوان (xân))

  1. to read
    Synonyms: مطالعه کردن (motâle'e kardan), قرائت کردن (qerâ'at kardan), برخواندن (bar-xândan)
    برای خواندن همه این کتاب‌ها وقت ندارم.
    barâ-ye xândan-e hame-ye in ketâb-hâ vaqt nadâram.
    I don't have time to read all of these books.
  2. to recite
    Synonym: از بر خواندن (az bar xândan)
  3. to sing
    Synonym: آواز خواندن (âvâz xândan)
  4. to study
    Synonyms: مطالعه کردن (motâle'e kardan, to research), درس خواندن (dars xândan, to do schoolwork)
  5. (archaic, poetic) to beckon
    Synonym: فَراخواندَن (farâxândan)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 144-5