خواندن

Persian

Alternative forms

  • خوندن (xundan) (colloquial Tehrani)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Iranian *hwanH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swanH, from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂-.

Compare Northern Kurdish xwendin, Latin sonō, Sanskrit स्वनति (svanati).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /xɔndan/

Verb

Dari خواندن
Iranian Persian
Tajik хондан (xondan)

خوانْدَن (xândan) (present stem خوان (xân))

  1. to read
    برای خواندن همه این کتاب‌ها وقت ندارم.
    barâ-ye xândan-e hame-ye in ketâb-hâ vaqt nadâram.
    I don't have time to read all of these books.
    Synonyms: مطالعه کردن (motâle'e kardan), قرائت کردن (qerâ'at kardan), برخواندن (bar-xândan)
  2. to recite
    Synonym: از بر خواندن (az bar xândan)
  3. to sing
    Synonym: آواز خواندن (âvâz xândan)
  4. to study
    Synonyms: مطالعه کردن (motâle'e kardan, to research), درس خواندن (dars xândan, to do schoolwork)
  5. (archaic, poetic) to beckon
    Synonym: فَراخواندَن (farâxândan)

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