خواندن

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Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Iranian *hwanH- (to call), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swanH-, from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (to sound).

Compare Northern Kurdish xwendin, Latin sonō, Sanskrit स्वनति (svanati).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? xwāndan
Dari reading? xāndan
Iranian reading? xândan
Tajik reading? xondan

Verb

Dari خواندن
Iranian Persian
Tajik хондан

خوانْدَن (xândan) (present stem خوان (xân))

  1. to read
    Synonyms: مطالعه کردن (motâle'e kardan), قرائت کردن (qerâ'at kardan), برخواندن (bar-xândan)
    برای خواندن همه این کتاب‌ها وقت ندارم.
    barâ-ye xândan-e hame-ye in ketâb-hâ vaqt nadâram.
    I don't have time to read all of these books.
  2. to recite
    Synonym: از بر خواندن (az bar xândan)
  3. to sing
    Synonym: آواز خواندن (âvâz xândan)
  4. to study
    Synonyms: مطالعه کردن (motâle'e kardan, to research), درس خواندن (dars xândan, to do schoolwork)
  5. (archaic, poetic) to beckon
    Synonym: فَراخواندَن (farâxândan)

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References

  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 144-5