کرگدن

Persian

کرگدن

Dari Persian	کرگدن
Iranian Persian
Tajik	каркадан (karkadan)

Alternative forms

• (archaic) کرگ‎ (karg), کرگندن‎ (kargandan)

Etymology

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

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

Noun

کرگدن • (kargadan) (plural کرگدن‌ها‎ (kargadan-hâ))

1. (archaic) Indian rhinoceros
2. (Iranian mythology) Karkadann
3. rhinoceros

Descendants

• → Avar: гаргадан (gargadan)
• → Azerbaijani: kərgədan
• → Classical Syriac: ܟܪܟܕܢܐ‎ (karkəḏānā)
  • → Arabic: كَرْكَدَّن‎ (karkaddan)
• → Crimean Tatar: kerkedan
• → Gurani: کەرگەدەنگ‎ (kargadang)
• Kurdish:

  → Northern Kurdish: kergeden

  → Central Kurdish: کەرگەدەن‎ (kergeden)

  → Southern Kurdish: کەرگەدەن‎ (kergeden)

  → Laki: کەرگەدەن‎ (kergeden)

• → 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