ـنده

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (-ntk' /⁠-andag⁠/), from [script needed] (-nt' /⁠-and⁠/) +‎ [script needed] (-k' /⁠-ag⁠/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-onts. Akin to Old Armenian -անդակ (-andak), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [.ʔin.da], [ .ʔan.da]

 

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

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?
Dari reading?
Iranian reading?
Tajik reading?

Suffix

ـنده • (-ande)

1. a suffix that makes agent nouns; such as -er

Related terms

• ـند (-and)
• ـه (-e)