تند

See also: بند and پند

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb

تند (form I)

1. تَنْدُ (tandu) /tan.du/: inflection of نَدَا (nadā):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
2. تُنْدَ (tunda) /tun.da/: inflection of نَدَا (nadā):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

Etymology 2

Verb

تَنْدَ • (tanda) (form I) /tan.da/

1. inflection of نَدِيَ (nadiya):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive

Etymology 3

Noun

تِنَد • (tinad) pl

1. plural of تَنْدَة (tanda)

Khalaj

Adjective

تُند (tund)

1. Arabic spelling of tund (“spicy”)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (twnd /⁠tund⁠/, “sharp, violent”), from Proto-Iranian *tund- (“to act violently”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tund-, from Proto-Indo-European *tu-n-d-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tunð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰʊn̪d̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰʊn̪d̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰʊn̪d̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰun̪d̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰon̪d̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰun̪d̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	tund
Dari reading?	tund
Iranian reading?	tond
Tajik reading?	tund

• Audio (Iran):

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Adjective

Dari	تُند
Iranian Persian
Tajik	тунд

تند • (tond)

1. fast; quick

   Synonym: سریع (sari')

   خیلی تند می‌دود. ― xeyli tond mi-davad. ― He runs very fast.

   قلبم تند می‌زد. ― qalb-am tond mi-zad. ― My heart was beating quickly.

2. spicy; hot

   Synonym: تیز (tiz)

   این فلفل تند است. ― in felfel tond ast. ― This pepper is spicy.

3. harsh; acrid; biting; sharp

   انتقاد تند ― enteqâd-e tond ― harsh criticism

4. severe; intense

   Synonyms: شدید (šadid), سخت (saxt)

   باد تند می‌وزد ― bâd tond mi-vazad ― the wind blows harshly

5. strong; intense (of a beverage, a color)

   قرمز تند ― qermez-e tond ― deep red

   قهوهٔ تند ― qahve-ye tond ― strong coffee

6. quick to anger; irate

   مرد تند ― mard-e tond ― man with a temper

7. sharp; steep

   Synonym: تیز (tiz)

   شیب تند ― šib-e tond ― steep slope

Derived terms

(verbs):

• تند شدن (tond šodan)
• تند کردن (tond kardan)

(other):

• تندرو (tondrow)
• تندزبان (tondzabân)
• تندهوش (tondhuš)
• تندپز (tondpaz, “microwave cooker”)

Descendants

• → Armenian: թունդ (tʻund)
• → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܘܢܕ (tund)
• → Azerbaijani: tünd
• → Khalaj: tund
• → Kyrgyz: түнт (tünt)
• → Ottoman Turkish: تند (tund, tünd)

Further reading

• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 390
• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “tund”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 628b
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 84

Punjabi

Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀢𑀁𑀢𑀼 (taṃtu), from Sanskrit तन्तु (tántu).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t̪ənd̪/, [t̪ɐ̃nd̪ᵊ]

Noun

تَنْد • (tand) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੰਦ)

1. thread, strand, fibre
2. (zoology) a tendril (of a creeper)
3. (music) string (of a musical instrument)

Declension

Declension of تند

	singular	plural
direct	تَنْد (tand)	تَنْداں (tandāṉ)
oblique	تَنْد (tand)	تَنْداں (tandāṉ)
vocative	تَنْدے (tande)	تَنْدو (tando)
ablative	تَنْدوں (tandoṉ)	تَنْداں (tandāṉ)
locative	تَنْدی (tandī)	تَنْدِیں (tandīṉ)
instrumental	تَنْدِیں (tandīṉ)	تَنْدے (tande)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian تُنْد (tund).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t̪ʊnd̪/, [t̪ʊ̃nd̪ᵊ]

Adjective

تُنْد • (tund) (indeclinable, Gurmukhi spelling ਤੁੰਦ)

1. strong, aggressive, severe, harsh
2. violent, fierce, angry

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t̪ʊnd̪/, [t̪ɵ̃nd̪ᵊ]

Noun

تُنْد • (tund) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੁੰਦ)

1. Alternative form of تونْد (tond, “potbelly; paunch”)

Declension

Declension of تند

	singular	plural
direct	تَنْد (tand)	تَنْداں (tandāṉ)
oblique	تَنْد (tand)	تَنْداں (tandāṉ)
vocative	تَنْدے (tande)	تَنْدو (tando)
ablative	تَنْدوں (tandoṉ)	تَنْداں (tandāṉ)
locative	تَنْدی (tandī)	تَنْدِیں (tandīṉ)
instrumental	تَنْدِیں (tandīṉ)	تَنْدے (tande)

Urdu

Adjective

تند • (tund)

1. fast, quick, swift, rapid

   Synonyms: سریع (sarī), جلد (jald)

2. sharp

   Synonym: تیز (tiz)