سکند

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Persian

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Etymology

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Probably from the same Old Iranian verb “to cheek tight against” as اشکوب (oškub), and then acquiring secondarily its meaning as a pun on Turkic sikmek.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? sikand
Dari reading? sikand
Iranian reading? sekand
Tajik reading? sikand

Noun

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سکند (sekand)

  1. (obsolete, Transoxiana, slang) coitus

References

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  • Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎[1] (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 158 Nr. 464
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “سکند”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[2] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 312a