درنده

Persian

Etymology

From (dar, present stem of (daridan, “to bite, ravage”)) +‎ (-ande).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /da.ran.ˈda/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.ɾɪn̪.d̪á]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.ɾɪn̪.d̪á]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.ɾin̪.d̪á]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æ.ɹæn̪.d̪é]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.ɾän̪.d̪á]

Readings
Classical reading^?	daranda
Dari reading^?	darinda
Iranian reading^?	darande
Tajik reading^?	darranda

Noun

درنده • (daranda / darande) (plural درندگان, or درنده‌ها (daranda-hā / darande-hâ), Tajik spelling дарранда)

predator
Synonyms: شکارگر (šekârgar), شکارچی (šekârči)
wild animal
Synonym: دد (dad)

Derived terms

درندگی (darandegi)

Descendants

→ Gojri: درِندو (drindo)
→ Gujarati: દરિંદો (darindo)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: दरिंदा (darindā)

Urdu: دَرِنْدَہ (darinda)
→ Marwari:
Devanagari script: दरिंदौ (darindau)

Mahajani script: 𑅥𑅭𑅑𑅧𑅥𑅒 (drindu)
→ Punjabi: darindā
Gurmukhi script: ਦਰਿੰਦਾ (darindā)

Shahmukhi script: دَرِندا (darindā)
→ Sindhi: دَرندو (dar̃do)