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Persian
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian (gndk' /gandag/, “foul, stinking”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *g(ʰ)andʰ- (“to smell”); see Sanskrit गन्ध (gandha) for more.
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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ganda
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| Dari reading?
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ganda
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| Iranian reading?
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gande
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| Tajik reading?
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ganda
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Adjective
گَنده • (gande) (comparative گَندهتَر (gande-tar), superlative گَندهتَرین (gande-tarin))
- fetid, stenchy
- rotten, decayed, putrid
- (Tajiki) bad
Derived terms
- گندگی (gandegi, gandagi, “stench, putridity”)
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “گنده”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- PAHLAVICA - "gndk'".
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 103-104
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Adjective
گُنده • (gonde)
- large, huge, massive
Etymology 3
Adverb
گَنده • (ganda)
- (Tajiki) very