خندان

Persian

FWOTD – 11 February 2016

Etymology

From خند (xand, “to laugh”) +‎ ـان (-ân).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xan.ˈdɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xän̪.d̪ɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xän̪.d̪ɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xän̪.d̪ɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xän̪.d̪ɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xæn̪.d̪ɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χän̪.d̪ɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	xandān
Dari reading?	xandān
Iranian reading?	xandân
Tajik reading?	xandon

Adjective

خندان • (xandân)

پسته‌های خندان

1. laughing
2. smiling
3. (of pistachios) having a partially opened shell, naturally or artificially (in picture)
   • روش تشخيص پستههاي يخ خندان از پستههاي طبيعي خندان [Detection method for pistachios whose shells are artificially split by means of ice-water treatment], Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran

     خندان بودن پسته یکی از ویژگیهای اصلی آن است که صرفنظر از سایر ویژگیها به تنهائی تأثیر قابل ملاحظهای در تعیین قیمت آن در تجارت بینالمللی دارد .

     xandân budan peste yeki az vižegihâye asli-ye ân ast ke saf-e-nazar az sâyer-e vižegihâ, be-tanha'i ta'sir-e qâbel-e molâheze-i dar ta'yin-e qeymat-e ân dar tejârat-e beyn-ol-melali dârad.

     "Smiling"-ness of a pistachio is one of its main characteristics that, apart from other characteristics, has a significant impact alone on its price in international trade.

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: xəndan
• → Hindustani:

  Urdu: خندان (xandān)