خویشاوند

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwyš'wnd' /⁠xwēšāwand⁠/, “relative, kinsman”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xʷeː.ʃaː.ˈwand/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xeː.ʃɑː.wǽn̪d̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xeː.ʃɑː.wǽn̪d̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xeː.ʃɔː.wǽn̪d̪̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xiː.ʃɒː.vǽn̪d̪̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χe.ʃɔ.vǽn̪d̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xwēšāwand
Dari reading^?	xēšāwand
Iranian reading^?	xišâvand
Tajik reading^?	xešovand

Noun

خویشاوند • (xwēšāwand / xišâvand) (plural خویشاوندان (xwēšāwandān / xišâvandân), Tajik spelling хешованд)

relative, kinsman, kinsperson

Derived terms

خویشاوندی (xwēšāwandī / xišâvandi)

References

^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 96