کندوکاو

Persian

Alternative forms

• کندکاو (kand-o-kâv)

Etymology

From کند (kand, past stem of کندن (kandan, “to dig”)) +‎ و (o, “and”) +‎ کاو (kâv, present stem of کاویدن (kâvidan, “to dig”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /kan.du.ˈkaːw/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰän̪.d̪ʊ.kʰɑ́ːw]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰän̪.d̪ʊ.kʰɑ́ːw]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰän̪.d̪ʊ.kʰɑ́ːw]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰän̪.d̪u.kʰɔ́ːw]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæn̪.d̪o.kʰɒ́ːv]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰän̪.d̪u.kʰɔ́w]

Readings
Classical reading?	kandukāw
Dari reading?	kandukāw
Iranian reading?	kandokâv
Tajik reading?	kandukov

Noun

کندوکاو • (kand-o-kâv)

1. inquiry, search

Related terms

• کنجکاو (konj-kâv, “inquisitive, curious”)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “کندوکاو”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim