فرزند

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (prznd /⁠frazand⁠/, “child, son”) (Manichaean Middle Persian [script needed] (frzynd, przynd)), from Proto-Iranian *frazanti-, from Proto-Iranian *fra- (“forward, pro-”) + a root descended from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, give birth”).

Pronunciation

Dari	فرزند, اولاد
Iranian Persian	فرزند
Tajik	фарзанд

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [faɾ.ˈzanð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.zǽn̪d̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.zǽn̪d̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.zǽn̪d̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.zǽn̪d̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæɹ.zǽn̪d̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.zǽn̪d̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	farzand
Dari reading?	farzand
Iranian reading?	farzand
Tajik reading?	farzand

Noun

فَرزَند • (farzand) (plural فَرزَندان or فَرزَندها)

1. child

   Synonym: بچه (bačče)

2. offspring

   Synonym: اولاد (owlâd)

3. son or daughter

   چندتا فرزند در این خانواده وجود دارد؟

   čandta farzand dar in xânevâde vojud dârad?

   How many kids are in this household?

Derived terms

• فرزندی (farzandi)
• فرزندخوانده (farzand-xânde)

Descendants

• → Bengali: ফরজন্দ (phorjondo)
• → Gujarati: ફરજંદ (pharjand)
• → Kazakh: перзент (perzent)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਫ਼ਰਜ਼ੰਦ (farzand)

  Shahmukhi script: فرزند (farzand)

• → Urdu: فرزند (farzand)

References

• Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “frzynd”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols
• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 464-6

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فرزند (farzand), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fəɾ.zənd̪̪/

Noun

فرزند • (farzand) m or f (Hindi spelling फ़र्ज़ंद)

1. child
2. offspring

   Synonym: اولاد (aulād)

3. son or daughter