کرگدن
Persian
کرگدن
| Dari | کرگدن |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | каркадан |
Alternative forms
- (archaic) کرگ (karg), کرگندن (kargandan)
Etymology
From Middle Persian [script needed] (klg /karg/, “rhinoceros; horn”) + [script needed] (-dʾn' /-dān/, “bearer, holder”), ultimately from Sanskrit खड्ग (khaḍga, “rhinoceros; literally sword bearer”).
Compare Arabic كَرْكَدَّن (karkaddan, “rhinoceros”), Classical Syriac ܟܪܟܕܢܐ (karkǝḏānā, “rhinoceros”), Sanskrit खड्गधेनु (khaḍgadhenu, “a female rhinoceros”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [kaɾ.ka.ˈðan]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [kʰäɾ.kʰä.d̪ǽn]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [kʰäɾ.kʰä.d̪ǽn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [kʰäɾ.kʰä.d̪ǽn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰʲæɹ.kʰʲæ.d̪ǽn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰäɾ.kʰä.d̪ǽn]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | karkaḏan |
| Dari reading? | karkadan |
| Iranian reading? | karkadan |
| Tajik reading? | karkadan |
Noun
کرگدن • (kargadan) (plural کرگدنها (kargadan-hâ))
- (archaic) Indian rhinoceros
- (Iranian mythology) Karkadann
- rhinoceros
Descendants
- → Avar: гаргадан (gargadan)
- → Azerbaijani: kərgədan
- → Classical Syriac: ܟܪܟܕܢܐ (karkəḏānā)
- → Arabic: كَرْكَدَّن (karkaddan)
- → Crimean Tatar: kerkedan
- → Gujarati: કરગદન (karagdan)
- → Gurani: کەرگەدەنگ (kargadang)
- Kurdish:
- → Northern Kurdish: kergeden
- → Central Kurdish: کەرگەدەن (kergeden)
- → Southern Kurdish: کەرگەدەن (kergeden)
- → Laki: کەرگەدەن (kergeden)
- → Lak: каргадан (kargadan)
- → Mazanderani: کرگردن (kərgadən)
- → Middle Armenian: քարկարտան (kʻarkartan), քարկանտան (kʻarkantan)
- → Tatar: кәркедән (kärkedän)
- → Turkish: gergedan
- → Turkmen: kerk (from کرگ (karg))
- → Uyghur: كەركىدان (kerkidan)
- → Uzbek: karkidon
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