فرمانده

Persian

Etymology

فرمان (farmān / farmân, order) +‎ ده (dih / deh, present stem of دادن (dādan / dâdan, to give)).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [fäɾ.mɑːn̪.d̪e̞ʱ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [fäɾ.mɑːn̪.d̪ɪ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [fäɾ.mɔːn̪.d̪i]

Readings
Classical reading? farmāndih
Dari reading? farmāndeh
Iranian reading? farmândeh
Tajik reading? farmondeh

Noun

Dari قومندان
Iranian Persian فرمانده
Tajik фармондеҳ, командир

فرمانده • (farmāndih / farmândeh) (plural فرماندهان (farmāndihān / farmândehân), or فرمانده‌ها (farmāndih-hā / farmândeh-hâ), Tajik spelling фармондеҳ)

  1. commander, general
    فرمانده کل ارتشfarmândeh-e koll-e artešcommander-in-chief of the Army

Derived terms

  • فرماندهی (farmāndihī / farmândehi)