کمان

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian (kmʾn' /⁠kamān⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *kamān (“arc, vault, bow”), related to Proto-Iranian *kamp- (“to bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to curve, bend”). Compare Northern Luri کںمۆ (kəmø).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? kamān
Dari reading? kamān
Iranian reading? kamân
Tajik reading? kamon

Noun

Dari کمان
Iranian Persian
Tajik камон

کَمان • (kamân) (plural کمان‌ها (kamân-hâ))

  1. bow
    • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The tale of Suhrāb”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎:
      به تیر و کمان و به گرز و کمند
      بیفگند بر دشت نخچیر چند
      ba tīr u kamān u ba gurz u kamand
      biyafgand bar dašt naxčīr čand
      With arrow and bow, with mace and lasso,
      He cast down a few prey on the plain.
      (Classical Persian romanization)
  2. arch
  3. arc

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 192

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کمان (kamān).

Pronunciation

Noun

کَمان • (kamān) f (Hindi spelling कमान)

  1. bow
  2. arch
  3. arc
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