کرگدن
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Persian[edit]
Dari Persian | کرگدن |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | каркадан (karkadan) |
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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”) and Hindi खाँग (khāṅg).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): [kʲæɾɡʲæˈdæn]
Noun[edit]
کرگدن • (kargadan) (plural کرگدنها (kargadan-hâ))
Descendants[edit]
- → Avar: гаргадан (gargadan)
- → Azerbaijani: kərgədan
- → Classical Syriac: ܟܪܟܕܢܐ (karkəḏānā)
- → Arabic: كَرْكَدَّن (karkaddan)
- → Crimean Tatar: kerkedan
- → Gurani: کەرگەدەنگ (kargadang)
- Kurdish:
- → Lak: каргадан (kargadan)
- → Mazanderani: کرگردن (kərgadən)
- → Middle Armenian: քարկարտան (kʿarkartan), քարկանտան (kʿarkantan)
- → Tatar: кәркәдән (qärkädän)
- → Turkish: gergedan
- → Turkmen: kerk (from کرگ (karg))
- → Uyghur: كەركىدان (kerkidan)
- → Uzbek: karkidon