گنده

See also: گندہ and کنده

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (gndk' /⁠gandag⁠/, “foul, stinking”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *g(ʰ)andʰ- (“to smell”); see Sanskrit गन्ध (gandha) for more.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡan.da]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡän̪.d̪ä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡän̪.d̪ä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡän̪.d̪ä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡän̪.d̪ä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʲæn̪.d̪e]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡän̪.d̪ä]

Readings
Classical reading?	ganda
Dari reading?	ganda
Iranian reading?	gande
Tajik reading?	ganda

Adjective

گَنده • (gande) (comparative گَنده‌تَر (gande-tar), superlative گَنده‌تَرین (gande-tarin))

1. fetid, stenchy
2. rotten, decayed, putrid
3. (Tajiki) bad

Derived terms

• گندگی (gandegi, gandagi, “stench, putridity”)

References

1. Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “گنده”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
2. PAHLAVICA - "gndk'".
3. 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

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡonˈd̪e]

Adjective

گُنده • (gonde)

1. large, huge, massive

Etymology 3

Adverb

گَنده • (ganda)

1. (Tajiki) very