پند

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [panð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰän̪d̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰän̪d̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰän̪d̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰän̪d̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰæn̪d̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰän̪d̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	pand
Dari reading?	pand
Iranian reading?	pand
Tajik reading?	pand

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian pnd (pand, “path; counsel, advice”) (compare Parthian [Manichaean needed] (pand /⁠pnd⁠/, “counsel”), [Manichaean needed] (pandān /⁠pndʾn⁠/, “path”)), from Proto-Iranian *pántaHh- (“path, road”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pántaHs (“path”). Cognate with Old Armenian հուն (hun), Ancient Greek πάτος (pátos), πόντος (póntos), Latin pons, and Old Church Slavonic пѫть (pǫtĭ).

Noun

پند • (pand) (plural پندها (pand-hâ))

1. advice, counsel, guidance

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• فند (fand)

Noun

پند • (pand) (plural پندها (pand-hâ))

1. (archaic) knack, trick, gimmick

Descendants

• → Arabic: فَنّ (fann)
  • Egyptian Arabic: فن (fann)
  • → Azerbaijani: fənn
  • → Bashkir: фән (fən)
  • → Hausa: fannī̀
  • → Kazakh: пән (pän)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: فن (fenn)
    • Turkish: fen
  • → Persian: فن (fann)
  • → Swahili: fani
  • → Turkish: fen
  • → Uyghur: پەن (pen)
  • → Uzbek: fan
• → Azerbaijani: fənd
  • → Armenian: փա̈նդ (pʻänd) — Karabakh
• → Georgian: ფანდი (pandi)
• → Ottoman Turkish: فند (fend)
  • → Armenian: ֆէնտ (fēnt), ֆա̈նդ (fänd)