کدام

Persian

Alternative forms
  • کدوم (kodum) (colloquial variant, in Iran)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷi-, *kʷo-. See there for cognates.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [kʰʊ.d̪ɑ́ːm]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [kʰʊ.d̪ɑ́ːm]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [kʰu.d̪ɔ́ːm]

Readings
Classical reading? kuḏām
Dari reading? kudām
Iranian reading? kodâm
Tajik reading? kudom

Pronoun
Dari کدام
Iranian Persian
Tajik кадом

کدام • (kodâm)

  1. which
    کُدام خانِه مال شُماسْت؟ ― kodâm xâne mâl-e šomâst? ― Which house is yours? (Formal Tehrani Persian)
    کُدام خاَنه را می‌خواهِی ― kudām xāna rā mē-xāhī? ― Which house do you want? (Formal Kabuli Persian)
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