کردن

From Proto-Iranian *kar-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kar- (“to do, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make, construct”).

کردن (kirdin)

1. to do
2. to make

• کِران (kiran)

From Middle Persian 𐭥𐭡𐭩𐭣𐭥𐭭𐭲𐭭𐭩 (OBYDWN-tn’), 𐭪𐭥𐭲𐭭𐭩 (krtn’ /⁠kardan⁠/), from Old Persian (kar-, “to do, make, build”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kar- (“to do, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make, construct”).

Modern Indo-Iranian cognates include Ossetian кӕнын (kænyn), конд (kond), Pashto کول (kawël, krël), Baluchi کنگ (kan-, ku(r)t-), Northern Kurdish kirin, Zazaki (kerdiš, ken-), Hindi करना (karnā), and Urdu کرنا (karnā).

The generic root for "to do, make" has developed in a wide range of specific activities, which have been preserved in old derivations such as: سگالیدن (segâlidan, “to think, meditate”), پیکر (peykar, “picture, statue”), نگاشتن (negâštan, “to paint”), انگاشتن (engâštan, “to suppose; believe, consider”), پنگاشتن (pengâštan, “paint, figure, write”).

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  • (dialectal Iranian, especially Mashhad, Yazd, Shiraz): IPA^(key): /keɾˈdæn/

کَرْدَن • (kardan) (present stem کُن (kon))

1. to do

   Synonym: انجام دادن (anjâm dâdan)

2. to make
3. A highly productive light verb that derives verbs from nouns and adjectives.

   Synonyms: انجام دادن (anjâm dâdan), فرمودن (farmudan, honorific)

   ‎معرفی (mo'arrefi, “introduction”) + ‎کردن (kardan) → ‎معرفی کردن (mo'arrefi kardan, “to introduce”, literally “to make introduction”)

   ‎پیشرفت (pišraft, “progress”) + ‎کردن (kardan) → ‎پیشرفت کردن (pišraft kardan, “to progress”, literally “to make progress”)

   ‎باز (bâz, “open”) + ‎کردن (kardan) → ‎باز کردن (bâz kardan, “to open”, literally “to make open”)

   ‎تمیز (tamiz, “clean”) + ‎کردن (kardan) → ‎تمیز کردن (tamiz kardan, “to clean”, literally “to make clean”)

   ‎گوش (guš, “ear”) + ‎کردن (kardan) → ‎گوش کردن (guš kardan, “to listen”)

4. (vulgar) to fuck

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “kardan”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “kardan”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

From Proto-Iranian *kar-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kar- (“to do, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make, construct”).

• IPA^(key): /kɪrdɪn/

کردن (kirdin)

1. (transitive) to do, to make (to perform an action)

• شەکەت کردن (şeket kirdin), سەڵام کردن (sellam kirdin), خاس کردن (xas kirdin), تف کردن (tif kirdin), دێر کردن (dêr kirdin), کەم کردن (kem kirdin), واز کردن (waz kirdin), حەمام کردن (ḧemam kirdin), وڕ کردن (wirr kirdin)

Borrowed from Classical Persian کردن (kardan).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kəɾ.d̪ən/

کَرْدَن • (kardan) (Hindi spelling कर्दन)

1. (rare, example) to do

• “کردن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “کردن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.