سکند
Persian
editEtymology
editProbably from the same Old Iranian verb “to cheek tight against” as اشکوب (oškub), and then acquiring secondarily its meaning as a pun on Turkic sikmek.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [si.kanð]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [se.kʰʲæn̪d̪̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [si.kʰän̪d̪]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | sikand |
Dari reading? | sikand |
Iranian reading? | sekand |
Tajik reading? | sikand |
Noun
editسکند • (sekand)
References
edit- Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)[1] (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 158 Nr. 464
- Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “سکند”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[2] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 312a