گندم

Persian

Alternative forms

• گنم (ganom, genom)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐫃𐫗𐫇𐫖 (gnwm /⁠gannum⁠/, “wheat”), (in book Pahlavi 𐭤𐭢 (H^g /⁠gan(d)um⁠/)) from Proto-Iranian [Term?] (compare Parthian 𐫃𐫗𐫅𐫇𐫖 (gndwm /⁠gandum⁠/, “wheat”), Sogdian [script needed] (γntm /⁠γandam⁠/, “wheat”), Kurdish, Pashto غنم (ǧanëm)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?] (compare Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬎𐬨𐬀 (gaṇtuma), 𐬔𐬀𐬥𐬙𐬎𐬨𐬀 (gantuma), Sanskrit गोधूम (godhūma, “wheat”).

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Noun

Dari	گندم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	гандум

گندم • (gandom)

1. wheat

Descendants

• → Malay: gandum
  • Indonesian: gandum
• Urdu: گندم (gandum)

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Southwestern Fars

Alternative forms

• (Kuzarg) گنم (ganom)

Noun

گندم (gandom)

1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv) wheat