کماندان

Persian

Alternative forms

  • کوماندان (komândân)

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-
    Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
    Proto-Italic *kom
    Old Latin com
    Latin cum
    Latin con-
    Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der.
    Proto-Italic *manus
    Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
    Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder.
    Proto-Italic *-ðō
    Proto-Italic *manuðō
    Latin mandō
    Latin commendō
    Latin mandōinflu.
    Latin commandāre
    Old French comander
    Middle French commander
    French commanderder.
    French commandantbor.
    Persian کماندان

    Borrowed from French commandant, from commander, from Middle French commander, from Old French comander, from Latin commandāre, from commendō + mandō. Doublet of synonymous Dari قومَنْدَان (qōmandān).

    Pronunciation

    • (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰo.mɒːn̪.d̪ɒːn], [kʰom.mɒːn̪.d̪ɒːn]

    Readings
    Iranian reading? komândân, kommândân

    Noun

    Dari قومندان
    Iranian Persian فرمانده
    Tajik фармондеҳ, командир, қумандон

    کماندان • (komândân, kommândân) (Tajik spelling кумондон)

    1. (Iran, archaic, military) commander
      Synonym: فرمانده (farmāndih / farmândeh)

    Derived terms

    • کماندانی (komândâni, kommândâni, “(military, archaic) command”)
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