خندیدن

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian (hndytn' /⁠xandīdan⁠/, to laugh), from Proto-Iranian *xand- (to laugh), from Proto-Indo-European *kʰendʰ- (to be joyous). Cognate with Sogdian (γnt- /⁠xand-⁠/, to laugh), Northern Kurdish kenîn (to laugh), Khotanese khan- (to laugh), Baluchi کندگ (kandag, to laugh), and Old Armenian խինդ (xind, joy, mirth).[1] The root may be partially onomatopoeic in origin; compare also Sanskrit कख् (kakh, to laugh), Ancient Greek καχάζω (kakházō, I laugh), Latin cachinnō (laugh loudly), Proto-Slavic *xoxotati (to laugh loudly), Lithuanian kikénti (to giggle).[2]

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? xandīḏan
Dari reading? xandīdan
Iranian reading? xandidan
Tajik reading? xandidan

Verb

Dari خندیدن
Iranian Persian
Tajik хандидан

خندیدن (xandidan) (present stem خند (xand))

  1. to laugh

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խինդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  2. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 442-3