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]
- (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)

child
Synonym: بچه (bačče)
offspring
Synonym: اولاد (owlâd)
son or daughter
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 (farzand), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

child
offspring
Synonym: اولاد (aulād)
son or daughter

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