کنداوری

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Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Arabized form of گُنداوَری (gondâvari)

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? kundāwarī
Dari reading? kundāwarī
Iranian reading? kondâvari
Tajik reading? kundovari

Noun

کنداوری (kondâvari)

  1. (archaic) valour, courage
    • 10th Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh
      چگونه سرآمد به نیک‌اختری
      بر ایشان بر آن روز کُنداوَری
      čegune sar âmad be nik-axtari
      bar išân bar ân ruze kondâvari.
      Behold how the good fortune and valour of the olden kings faded into oblivion.
  2. (archaic) masculinity, manliness

Synonyms

References

ʿAmīd, Ḥasan (1985) “کنداوری”, in Farhang-e Fārsī-e ʿAmīd (in Persian), Tehrān: Amīrkabīr