گنده

See also: گندہ and کنده

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (gndk' /⁠gandag⁠/, “foul, stinking”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *g(ʰ)andʰ- (“to smell”); see Sanskrit गन्ध (gandhá) for more.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? ganda
Dari reading? ganda
Iranian reading? gande
Tajik reading? ganda

Adjective

گَنده • (gande) (comparative گَنده‌تَر, superlative گَنده‌تَرین)

  1. fetid, stenchy
  2. rotten, decayed, putrid
  3. (Tajik) bad
Derived terms
  • گندگی (gandegi, gandagi, “stench, putridity”)

References

  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*gant”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 103

Further reading

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (Iran) IPA(key): [ɡonˈd̪e]

Adjective

گُنده • (gonde)

  1. large, huge, massive

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably related to the "large" sense of Etymology 2.”)

Adverb

گَنده • (ganda)

  1. (Tajik) very
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