سکند
Persian
Etymology
Probably from the same Old Iranian verb “to cheek tight against” as اشکوب (oškub), and then acquiring secondarily its meaning as a pun on Turkic sikmek.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [si.kanð]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sɪ.kʰän̪d̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [sɪ.kʰän̪d̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [si.kʰän̪d̪̥]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [se.kʰʲæn̪d̪̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [si.kʰän̪d̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | sikand |
| Dari reading? | sikand |
| Iranian reading? | sekand |
| Tajik reading? | sikand |
References
- Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29) (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 158 Nr. 464
- Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “سکند”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 312a
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