کندر

See also: کندز

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwndl /⁠kundur⁠/, “frankincense”). Compare the Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian կնդրուկ (kndruk), Old Georgian გუნდრუკი (gundruḳi), Udi куьнддуьрукӏ (künddüruḳ), Aramaic [script needed] (qndrwg), Sanskrit कुन्दुर (kundura), कुन्दुरुक (kunduruka).

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kun.ˈduɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊn̪.d̪ʊ́ɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊn̪.d̪ʊ́ɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰʊn̪.d̪ʊ́ɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰun̪.d̪úɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰon̪.d̪óɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰun̪.d̪úɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	kundur
Dari reading?	kundur
Iranian reading?	kondor
Tajik reading?	kundur

Noun

کندر • (kondor)

1. Boswellia thurifera tree
2. olibanum, frankincense

Related terms

• کندرک (kondorak, “mastic”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: kündür

Further reading

• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 172