اندام

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Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Akin to Middle Persian hndʾm (handām, member, limb) (whence هندام (handâm)), Manichaean Parthian (hndʾm /⁠handām⁠/, limb, member; part, section), Northern Kurdish hinav (organ), Central Kurdish هەناو (henaw, organ), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬧𐬛𐬁𐬨𐬀 (haṇdāma, limb). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (together) + *dʰeh₁- (to put) + *-mn̥.

Compare also Arabic هِنْدَام (hindām) (whence هندام (hendâm)), Old Armenian անդամ (andam), Classical Mandaic ࡄࡀࡍࡃࡀࡌࡀ (handāmā), Aramaic הדמא (haddāmā), Classical Syriac ܗܕܡܐ (haddāmā), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? andām
Dari reading? andām
Iranian reading? andâm
Tajik reading? andom

Noun

Dari اندام
Iranian Persian
Tajik андом

اندام (andâm) (plural اندام‌ها (andâm-hâ))

  1. limb
  2. organ
  3. body, figure
  4. (archaic) symmetry, order, arrangement

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: əndam
  • Ottoman Turkish: اندام (endam)

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