کنداوری

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Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Arabized form of گُنداوَری (gondâvari)

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? kundāwarī
Dari reading? kundāwarī
Iranian reading? kondâvari
Tajik reading? kundovari

Noun

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کنداوری (kondâvari)

  1. (archaic) valour, courage
    • 10th Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh
      چگونه سرآمد به نیک‌اختری
      بر ایشان بر آن روز کُنداوَری
      čegune sar âmad be nik-axtari
      bar išân bar ân ruze kondâvari.
      Behold how the good fortune and valour of the olden kings faded into oblivion.
  2. (archaic) masculinity, manliness

Synonyms

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References

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ʿAmīd, Ḥasan (1985) “کنداوری”, in Farhang-e Fārsī-e ʿAmīd (in Persian), Tehrān: Amīrkabīr