زیبنده

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [zeː.βan.ˈda]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zeː.bän̪.d̪ǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zeː.bän̪.d̪ǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zeː.bän̪.d̪ǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zeː.bän̪.d̪ǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ziː.bæn̪.d̪é]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ze.bän̪.d̪ǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	zēḇanda
Dari reading?	zēbanda
Iranian reading?	zibande
Tajik reading?	zebanda

Verb

زیبنده • (zibande)

1. present participle of زیبیدن (zibidan)

Adjective

زیبنده • (zibande) (comparative زیبنده‌تَر (zibande-tar), superlative زیبنده‌تَرین (zibande-tarin))

1. befitting, becoming (of), suiting
2. beautiful, elegant
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 161:

     ای من غلام آن خط و ابرو و چشم و زلف
     ناز و عتاب و خشم چه زیبنده می‌کند

     ay man ğulām-i ān xat u abrū u čašm u zulf
     nāz u itāb u xašm či zēbanda mē-kunad

     O, I am a slave to that mustache and eyebrows and eyes and locks of hair;
     How much flirting and reproach and anger make you beautiful!

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “زیبنده”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim