چند

See also: جند‎ and خند‎

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭭𐭣‎ (čand), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂-onts, from *kʷíh₂, neuter of *kʷís. Cognate with Avestan 𐬗𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙‎ (cuuaṇt), Sanskrit कियत् (kiyat), Latin quantus.

Pronunciation
  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /t͡ʃand/

Determiner

چند • (čand)

Dari چند
Iranian Persian
Tajik чанд (čand)
  1. (in interrogatives) how many, how much
    ‏از اینجا تا آنجا چند کیلومتر می‌شود؟‎‎ (more literary)
    az injâ tâ ânjâ čand kilometr mi-šavad?
    ‏از اینجا تا اونجا چند کیلومتر می‌شه؟‎‎ (more colloquial)
    az injâ tâ unjâ čand kilometr mi-še?
    How many kilometers is it from here to there?
  2. (in declaratives) some, a few, several
    ‏استادانی چند آنجا نشستند.‎‎ (more literary)
    ostâdân-i čand ânjâ nešastand.
    ‏چند تا استاد اونجا نشستن.‎‎ (more colloquial)
    čand tâ ostâd unjâ nešastan.
    Some professors are sitting there.

Derived terms
  • چندخدایی‎ (čandxodâyi, “polytheism”)
  • چندضلعی‎ (čandzel'i, “polygon”)
  • چندم‎ (čandom, “how many-th”, ordinal interrogative)
  • چندین‎ (čandin, “many, so many”)

Adverb

چَند • (čand)

  1. how much?
    Synonym: چقدر‎ (čeqadr)
  2. how long (in time)?
    Synonym: چند وقت‎ (čand vaqt)

Descendants
  • → Hindustani: čand, čanda
    Hindi: चन्द, चंदा
    Urdu: چند‎, چندہ‎
  • Kurdish:
    • → Northern Kurdish: çend
    • → Central Kurdish: چەند‎ (çend)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: چند‎ (çend)
  • → Zazaki: çenday

Punjabi

Noun

چَنْد • (cand) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਚੰਦ)

  1. (astronomy) moon
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