دروند

Pashto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ruŋd̪/

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Adjective

دروند • (drund)

1. heavy
2. honorable
3. haunted

Declension

declension of دروند

	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	دروند (drund)	درانۀ (drânë)		درنه (drëna)	درنې (drëne)
oblique	درانۀ (drânë)	درنو (drëno)		درنې (drëne)	درنو (drëno)
vocative	درونده (drunda)	درنو (drëno)		درنې (drëne)	درنو (drëno)

See also

• درنه

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (druwand /⁠dlwnd⁠/, “sinful, unrighteous [one]”), borrowed from Avestan 𐬛𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 (druuaṇt), 𐬛𐬭𐬆𐬔𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 (drəguuaṇt), from Proto-Iranian *dráwgah-wánts (“follower of the Lie”). Compare Sanskrit द्रुह्वन् (druhvan).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [duɾ.ˈwanð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊɾ.wǽn̪d̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊɾ.wǽn̪d̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊɾ.wǽn̪d̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪uɾ.wǽn̪d̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪oɹ.vǽn̪d̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪uɾ.vǽn̪d̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	durwand
Dari reading?	durwand
Iranian reading?	dorvand
Tajik reading?	durvand

Adjective

دروند • (dorvand)

1. (usually Zoroastrianism) sinful, wicked

Noun

دروند • (dorvand)

1. (Zoroastrianism, archaic) infidel, non-Zoroastrian; (usually) Muslim

   Synonym: جددین (joddin)

   Antonym: بهدین (behdin)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: દુરવંદ (durvand)