مانند

Persian

Etymology

Derived from مانستن (mânestan, “to resemble”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mɑː.nanð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑː.nän̪d̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑː.nän̪d̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.nän̪d̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.nän̪d̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mɒː.næn̪d̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɔ.nän̪d̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	mānand
Iranian reading?	mânand
Tajik reading?	monand

Adjective

Dari	مانند
Iranian Persian
Tajik	монанд

مانند • (mânand)

1. resembling

   Synonym: شبیه (šabih)

Preposition

مانند • (mânand-e)

1. like, resembling

   Synonyms: مثل (mesl-e), همانند (hamânand), نظیر (nazir)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume IV, verse 3054:

     این بدن مانند آن شیر علم / فکر می‌جنباند او را دم به دم

     in badan mânand-e ân šir-e 'alam / fekr mi-jonbânad u râ dam be dam

     This body is like the lion on the banner: thought is causing it to move continually.

2. such as

Suffix

مانند • (-mânand)

1. -like