جنده

See also: خنده

Persian

Etymology

From ژنده (žende, “disheveled, shabby, used”). Compare with دست‌فرسود (dast-farsud, “used”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒin.ˈda/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɪn̪.d̪ä]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɪn̪.d̪ä]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒin̪.d̪ä]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒen̪.d̪e]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒin̪.d̪ä]

Readings
Classical reading^?	jinda
Dari reading^?	jinda
Iranian reading^?	jende
Tajik reading^?	jinda

Noun

جنده • (jende)

(vulgar) a prostitute
(vulgar) a promiscuous woman
(colloquial) overused

Synonyms

روسپی (ruspi)
فاحشه (fâheše)
تن‌فروش (tan-foruš)
خراب (xarâb)
هرجایی (harjâyi)
لَکاتِه (lak(k)âte)
بدکاره (badkâre)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: cında
→ Kazakh: жынды (jyndy)
→ Kyrgyz: жинди (jindi)
→ Uzbek: jinni

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “جنده”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press