چند

See also: جند and خند

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭭𐭣 (čand), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂-onts, from *kʷíh₂, neuter of *kʷís. Cognate with Avestan 𐬗𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 (cuuaṇt), Sanskrit कियत् (kiyat), Latin quantus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃand/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰän̪d̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰän̪d̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰän̪d̪̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰæn̪d̪̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰän̪d̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	čand
Dari reading^?	čand
Iranian reading^?	čand
Tajik reading^?	čand

Determiner

چند • (čand)


Iranian Persian	چند
Dari	چند
Tajik	чанд

(in interrogatives) how many, how much
(more literary)
az injâ tâ ânjâ čand kilometr mi-šavad?

(more colloquial)
az injâ tâ unjâ čand kilometr mi-še?
How many kilometers is it from here to there?
(in declaratives) some, a few, several
(more literary)
ostâdân-i čand ânjâ nešastand.

(more colloquial)
čand tâ ostâd unjâ nešastan.
Some professors are sitting there.

Derived terms

چندخدایی (čandxodâyi, “polytheism”)
چندضلعی (čandzel'i, “polygon”)
چندم (čandom, “how many-th”, ordinal interrogative)
چندین (čandin, “many, so many”)

Adverb

چَند • (čand)

how much?
Synonym: چقدر (čeqadr)
how long (in time)?
Synonym: چند وقت (čand vaqt)

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: चन्द (cand), चंदा (candā)

Urdu: چند (čand), چندہ (čanda)
- → Phalura: čand
→ Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: çend

Central Kurdish: چەند (çend)
→ Ottoman Turkish: چند (çend)
→ Zazaki: çenday

Punjabi

Noun

چَنْد • (cand) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਚੰਦ)

(astronomy) moon