پسند

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (psnd /⁠passand⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *pati- (“towards”, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *práti-, from Proto-Indo-European *préti) + *sand (“to look good”, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sčand (“to look good”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱend- (“to agree, approve; to appear, seem (to agree)”)). Related to پسندیدن (pasandidan), Sanskrit छन्द् (chand, “to appear, be pleasing”), and perhaps Ancient Greek κέκασμαι (kékasmai, “to excel”).

The further appurtenance of the Indo-European root *(s)ḱend- is uncertain:

• per Cheung, related to *ḱens- (“to announce”), whence Latin cēnseō (“to give an opinion”).
• per de Vaan, related to *(s)kand- (“to shine, glow”), whence Latin candeō (“to shine, glow”), incendō (“to set on fire”), Sanskrit चन्द्र (candra, “shining; moon”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [pa.ˈsanð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰä.sǽn̪d̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰä.sǽn̪d̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰä.sǽn̪d̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰä.sǽn̪d̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰæ.sǽn̪d̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰä.sǽn̪d̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	pasand
Dari reading?	pasand
Iranian reading?	pasand
Tajik reading?	pasand

Noun

Dari	پسند
Iranian Persian
Tajik	пасанд

پَسَند • (pasand)

1. like
2. choice

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پَسَنْد (pasand). First attested in c. 1649 as Middle Hindi پسند (psnd /⁠pasand⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pə.sənd̪/
• Rhymes: -ənd̪
• Hyphenation: پَ‧سَند

Adjective

پَسَنْد • (pasand) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling पसंद)

1. liked, favoured, preferred

Noun

پَسَنْد • (pasand) f (Hindi spelling पसंद)

1. like
2. choice

Declension

Declension of پسند

	singular	plural
direct	پَسَنْد (pasand)	پَسَنْدیں (pasandẽ)
oblique	پَسَنْد (pasand)	پَسَنْدوں (pasandõ)
vocative	پَسَنْد (pasand)	پَسَنْدو (pasando)

Further reading

More information

• “پسند”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “پسند”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “پسند”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “پسند”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “پسند”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC