قوماندان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

    Borrowed from French commandant.

    Noun

    قوماندان • (komandan)

    1. (military) commander
    2. leader

    Derived terms

    • قوماندانلق (komandanlık)
    • قومانده (komanda)

    Descendants

    • Arabic: قُومَنْدان (qomandān, military commander)
    • Turkish: kumandan
    • Pashto: قومندان (qumandā́n, qomandā́n), کومندان (kumandā́n, komandā́n), کوماندان (kumāndā́n, komāndā́n)
    • Persian:
      Dari: قومَنْدَان (qōmandān), قومَانْدَان (qōmāndān)
    • Uyghur: قوماندان (qomandan)
    • Uzbek: qoʻmondon

    References

    Persian

    Etymology

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [qoː.mɑːn̪.d̪ɑːn], [quː.mɑːn̪.d̪ɑːn]
      • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [qoː.mɑːn̪.d̪ɑːn], [quː.mɑːn̪.d̪ɑːn]
      • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [qʊː.mɔːn̪.d̪ɔːn], [qu.mɔːn̪.d̪ɔːn]

    Readings
    Dari reading? qōmāndān, qūmāndān

    Noun

    قوماندان • (qōmāndān, qūmāndān)

    1. alternative form of قومندان (qōmandān, qūmandān, commander)

    References

    • Bulkin, Carleton (2012), “قوماندان”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 283
    • قوماندان”, in قاموس کبیر افغانستان [qāmūs-i kabīr-i afġānistān, The Great Dictionary of Afghanistan] (in Persian), Afghan Dictionary, 2023
    • قوماندان”, in The Wilson English - Dari Dictionary (Webonary), SIL International, 2013