ـنده

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (-ntk' /⁠-andag⁠/), from [script needed] (-nt' /⁠-and⁠/) +‎ [script needed] (-k' /⁠-ag⁠/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-onts. Akin to Old Armenian -անդակ (-andak), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [.ʔin.da], [ .ʔan.da]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [.ʔän̪.d̪ä]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [.ʔän̪.d̪ä]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [.ʔän̪.d̪ä]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [.ʔæn̪.d̪e]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [.ʔän̪.d̪ä]

Readings
Classical reading^?
Dari reading^?
Iranian reading^?
Tajik reading^?

Suffix

ـنده • (-ande)

a suffix that makes agent nouns; such as -er

Related terms

ـند (-and)
ـه (-e)