کرگدن

Persian


Iranian Persian	کرگدن
Dari	کرگدن
Tajik	каркадан

Alternative forms

کرگ (karg), کرگندن (kargandan) (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (klg /⁠karg⁠/, “rhinoceros; horn”) + [script needed] (-dʾn' /⁠-dān⁠/, “bearer, holder”), ultimately from Sanskrit खड्ग (khaḍga, “rhinoceros; literally sword bearer”).

Compare Arabic كَرْكَدَّن (karkaddan, “rhinoceros”), Classical Syriac ܟܪܟܕܢܐ (karkǝḏānā, “rhinoceros”), Sanskrit खड्गधेनु (khaḍgadhenu, “a female rhinoceros”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /kaɾ.ɡa.ˈdan/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäɾ.ɡä.d̪ǽn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰäɾ.ɡä.d̪ǽn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰäɾ.ɡä.d̪ǽn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæɹ.ɡʲæ.d̪ǽn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäɾ.ɡä.d̪ǽn]

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

Noun

کرگدن • (kargadan) (plural کرگدن‌ها)

Descendants

→ Avar: гаргадан (gargadan)
→ Azerbaijani: kərgədan
→ Classical Syriac: ܟܪܟܕܢܐ (karkəḏānā)
- → Arabic: كَرْكَدَّن (karkaddan)
→ Crimean Tatar: kerkedan
→ Gujarati: કરગદન (karagdan)
→ Gurani: کەرگەدەنگ (kargadang)
→ Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kergeden

Central Kurdish: کەرگەدەن (kergeden)

Southern Kurdish: کەرگەدەن (kergeden)

Laki: کەرگەدەن (kergeden)
→ Lak: каргадан (kargadan)
→ Mazanderani: کرگردن (kərgadən)
→ Middle Armenian: քարկարտան (kʻarkartan), քարկանտան (kʻarkantan)
→ Tatar: кәркедән (kärkedän)
→ Turkish: gergedan
→ Turkmen: kerk (from کرگ (karg))
→ Uyghur: كەركىدان (kerkidan)
→ Uzbek: karkidon