Persian edit

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Etymology edit

From Middle Persian KTLWNtn' (māndan), KTLWN (mān-), from Old Persian, from Proto-Iranian *(d)mān- (to remain, dwell), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (to stay, stand still), related to Latin maneō (I remain), Ancient Greek μένω (ménō, I remain).

Pronunciation edit

 
 

Readings
Classical reading? māndan
Dari reading? māndan
Iranian reading? mândan
Tajik reading? mondan
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Verb edit

Dari ماندن
Iranian Persian
Tajik мондан

ماندن (mândan) (present stem مان (mân))

  1. to remain, stay
  2. to stand
    Synonym: ایستادن (istâdan)
  3. to hesitate
  4. to survive; to subsist
  5. to endure, last
  6. to continue, linger
  7. to put

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References edit

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “māndan”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 54
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 73-5