کژدم
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Persian [script needed] (gazdum). By surface analysis, کژ (kaž, “bent, crooked”) + دم (dom, “tail”). For the semantics compare Old Armenian կոր (kor). Compare Semnani گيژدم (giždom),[1] Talysh کرژدوم (kırjdom).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [kaʒ.dum]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰʲæʒ.d̪om]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰäʒ.d̪um]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | každum |
Dari reading? | každum |
Iranian reading? | každom |
Tajik reading? | každum |
Noun
[edit]کژدم • (každom) (plural کژدمها (každom-hâ))
- (chiefly Dari, Tajik; elsewhere dated) scorpion
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 230:
- آدمی مر مار و کژدم را چه کرد
کاو همیخواهد مر او را مرگ و درد- ādamī mar mār u každum rā či kard
k-ō hamē-xwahad ō rā marg u dard - What was done by man to snake and scorpion
that they wish (to inflict) death and pain upon him?
- ādamī mar mār u každum rā či kard
Inflection
[edit]singular | plural | |
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bare | کژدم (každom) | کژدمها، کژدما△ (každom-hấ, každomấ△) |
definitive direct object | کژدم را، کژدم رو△ (každom râ, každomo△) | کژدمها را، کژدما رو△ (každom-hấ râ, každomấ ro△) |
ezâfe | کژدم (každom-e) | کژدمهای، کژدمای△ (každom-hấ-ye, každomấ-ye△) |
marked indefinite or relative definite |
کژدمی (každom-i) | کژدمهایی، کژدمایی△ (každomấn-i, každom-hấ-i, každomấi△) |
△ Colloquial.
singular | plural | |
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1st person singular (“my”) |
کژدمم (každomam) | کژدمهایم، کژدمهام، کژدمام△ (každom-hấyam, každomấm△) |
2nd person singular (“your”) |
کژدمت (každomat, každomet△) | کژدمهایت، کژدمهات، کژدمات△ (každom-hấyat, každomất△) |
3rd person singular (“his, her, its”) |
کژدمش (každomaš, každomeš△) | کژدمهایش، کژدمهاش، کژدماش△ (každom-hấyaš, každomấš△) |
1st person plural (“our”) |
کژدممان، کژدممون△ (každomemân, každomemun△) | کژدمهایمان، کژدمهامون، کژدمامون△ (každom-hấyemân, každomấmun△) |
2nd person plural (“your”) |
کژدمتان، کژدمتون△ (každometân, každometun△) | کژدمهایتان، کژدمهاتون، کژدماتون△ (každom-hấyetân, každomấtun△) |
3rd person plural (“their”) |
کژدمشان، کژدمشون△ (každomešân, každomešun△) | کژدمهایشان، کژدمهاشون، کژدماشون△ (každom-hấyešân, každomấšun△) |
△ Colloquial.
singular | plural | |
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1st person (“I am, we are”) |
کژدمم (každomam) | کژدمیم (každomim) |
2nd person (“you are”) |
کژدمی (každomi) | کژدمید، کژدمین△ (každomid, každomin△) |
3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”) |
کژدم است، کژدمه△ (každom ast, každome△) | کژدمند، کژدمن△ (každomand, každoman△) |
△ Colloquial.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Hosein Tabatabaei, Hasan Tabatabaei, Mohammad Rezaei (2015 August 23) “بررسی و تحلیل نظام آوایی گویش سرکویر در مقایسه با زبان پهلوی [Description of Sarkavir dialect compared with Pahlavi language]”, in Journal of Iranian Regional Languages and Literature[1], volume 5, number 2 (in Persian), pages 105–124
Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian کژدم (každum).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kəʒ.d̪ʊm/
Noun
[edit]کَژدُم • (každum) m (Hindi spelling कझ़दुम)
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