سکند

Persian

Etymology

Probably from the same Old Iranian verb “to cheek tight against” as اشکوب (oškub), and then acquiring secondarily its meaning as a pun on Turkic sikmek.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [si.kanð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ.kʰän̪d̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ.kʰän̪d̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɪ.kʰän̪d̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [si.kʰän̪d̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [se.kʰʲæn̪d̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [si.kʰän̪d̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	sikand
Dari reading?	sikand
Iranian reading?	sekand
Tajik reading?	sikand

Noun

سکند • (sekand)

1. (obsolete, Transoxiana, slang) coitus

References

• Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎^[1] (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 158 Nr. 464
• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “سکند”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 312a