خرسند

Persian

Alternative forms

  • خورسند (xorsand) (misspelling)
  • خنسند (xunsand) (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (hwnsnd /⁠hunsand⁠/, happy, contented).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? xursand
Dari reading? xursand
Iranian reading? xorsand
Tajik reading? xursand

Adjective

Dari خرسند
Iranian Persian
Tajik хурсанд

خرسند • (xorsand) (comparative خرسندتَر, superlative خرسندتَرین)

  1. happy, content, satisfied, pleased
    Synonym: خوشحال (xošhâl)

Derived terms

  • خرسندانه (xorsandâne)
  • خرسندی (xorsandi)

Descendants

  • Uyghur: خۇرسەن (xursen)
  • Uzbek: xursand

References

  1. ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “hunsand”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 45