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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
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| Classical reading?
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sikand
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| Dari reading?
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sikand
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| Iranian reading?
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sekand
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| Tajik reading?
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sikand
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Noun
سکند • (sekand)
- (obsolete, Transoxiana, slang) coitus
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