کند
See also: گند
Khalaj
Adjective
کُند (kund or künd)
Pashto
Noun
کند • (kand) m
References
- “کند”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.
- Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “کند”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press
Persian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kuntʰás. Perhaps ultimately related to the root of Old Armenian ճաղատ (čałat, “bare, bald”).[1] Cognate with Sanskrit कुण्ठ (kuṇṭhá, “blunt, dull”).
Adjective
کند • (kond) (comparative کندتَر, superlative کندتَرین)
Descendants
References
- ^ Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. (1961). United Kingdom: The School, p. 479
Further reading
- Asatrian, Garnik, Arakelova, Victoria (2001) “Blunt, Bald and Wise: Iranian kund(-)”, in Iran and the Caucasus[1], volume 5, pages 201–206
Etymology 2
Noun
کند • (kond)
Related terms
- کنده (konde)
Descendants
- → Armenian: կունդ (kund)
Further reading
- Asatrian, Garnik, Arakelova, Victoria (2001) “Blunt, Bald and Wise: Iranian kund(-)”, in Iran and the Caucasus[2], volume 5, pages 201–206
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “کند”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1053
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa).
Noun
کند • (kand)
- candied sugar
Descendants
Descendants
Etymology 4
Possibly related to Persian کون (kun, “buttocks”) and dialectal Persian کین (kin, “buttocks”).
Noun
کند • (kend)
Etymology 5
Noun form of کندن (kandan, “to dig”).
Noun
کند • (kand)
Derived terms
- آبکَند (âbkand)
Urdu
Adjective
کند • (kund) (Hindi spelling कुंद)