گردنا

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Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian (grdynʾg, grdnʾg /⁠gardēnāg⁠/), suffixing the verb behind گردیدن (gardīdan).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? gardanā

Noun

گردنا (gardenâ) (archaic)

  1. spit, skewer
  2. spinning top

References

  • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “grdynʾg”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 163
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “گردنا”, 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 971a