کندر
See also: کندز
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwndl /kundur/, “frankincense”). Compare the Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian կնդրուկ (kndruk), Old Georgian გუნდრუკი (gundruḳi), Udi куьнддуьрукӏ (künddüruḳ), Aramaic [script needed] (qndrwg), Sanskrit कुन्दुर (kundura), कुन्दुरुक (kunduruka).
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /kun.ˈduɾ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [kʰʊn̪.d̪ʊ́ɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰon̪.d̪óɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰun̪.d̪úɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | kundur |
| Dari reading? | kundur |
| Iranian reading? | kondor |
| Tajik reading? | kundur |
Noun
کندر • (kondor)
Related terms
- کندرک (kondorak, “mastic”)
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: kündür
Further reading
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 172