تند

See also: بند and پند

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb

تند (form I)

  1. تَنْدُ (tandu) /tan.du/: inflection of نَدَا (nadā):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
  2. تُنْدَ (tunda) /tun.da/: inflection of نَدَا (nadā):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

Etymology 2

Verb

تَنْدَ • (tanda) (form I) /tan.da/

  1. inflection of نَدِيَ (nadiya):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive

Etymology 3

Noun

تِنَد • (tinad) pl

  1. plural of تَنْدَة (tanda)

Khalaj

Adjective

تُند (tund)

  1. Arabic spelling of tund (“spicy”)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (twnd /⁠tund⁠/, “sharp, violent”), from Proto-Iranian *tund- (“to act violently”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tund-, from Proto-Indo-European *tu-n-d-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? tund
Dari reading? tund
Iranian reading? tond
Tajik reading? tund
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Adjective

Dari تُند
Iranian Persian
Tajik тунд

تند • (tond)

  1. fast; quick
    Synonym: سریع (sari')
    خیلی تند می‌دود. ― xeyli tond mi-davad. ― He runs very fast.
    قلبم تند می‌زد. ― qalb-am tond mi-zad. ― My heart was beating quickly.
  2. spicy; hot
    Synonym: تیز (tiz)
    این فلفل تند است. ― in felfel tond ast. ― This pepper is spicy.
  3. harsh; acrid; biting; sharp
    انتقاد تند ― enteqâd-e tond ― harsh criticism
  4. severe; intense
    Synonyms: شدید (šadid), سخت (saxt)
    باد تند می‌وزد ― bâd tond mi-vazad ― the wind blows harshly
  5. strong; intense (of a beverage, a color)
    قرمز تند ― qermez-e tond ― deep red
    قهوهٔ تند ― qahve-ye tond ― strong coffee
  6. quick to anger; irate
    مرد تند ― mard-e tond ― man with a temper
  7. sharp; steep
    Synonym: تیز (tiz)
    شیب تند ― šib-e tond ― steep slope

Derived terms

verbs
  • تند شدن (tond šodan)
  • تند کردن (tond kardan)
other
  • تندرو (tondrow)
  • تندزبان (tondzabân)
  • تندهوش (tondhuš)
  • تندپز (tondpaz, “microwave cooker”)

Descendants

  • → Armenian: թունդ (tʻund)
  • → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܘܢܕ (tund)
  • → Azerbaijani: tünd
  • → Khalaj: tund
  • → Kyrgyz: түнт (tünt)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: تند (tund, tünd)

Further reading

  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 390
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “tund”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 628b
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 84

Punjabi

Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀢𑀁𑀢𑀼 (taṃtu), from Sanskrit तन्तु (tántu).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

تَنْد • (tand) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੰਦ)[2][3]

  1. thread, strand, fibre
  2. (zoology) a tendril (of a creeper)
  3. (music) string (of a musical instrument)
Declension
Declension of تند
singular plural
direct تَنْد (tand) تَنْداں (tandāṉ)
oblique تَنْد (tand) تَنْداں (tandāṉ)
vocative تَنْدے (tande) تَنْدو (tando)
ablative تَنْدوں (tandoṉ) تَنْداں (tandāṉ)
locative تَنْدی (tandī) تَنْدِیں (tandīṉ)
instrumental تَنْدِیں (tandīṉ) تَنْدے (tande)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian تُنْد (tund).

Pronunciation

Adjective

تُنْد • (tund) (indeclinable, Gurmukhi spelling ਤੁੰਦ)[4][5]

  1. strong, aggressive, severe, harsh
  2. violent, fierce, angry

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

تُنْد • (tund) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੁੰਦ)[6]

  1. alternative form of تونْد (tond, “potbelly; paunch”)
Declension
Declension of تند
singular plural
direct تَنْد (tand) تَنْداں (tandāṉ)
oblique تَنْد (tand) تَنْداں (tandāṉ)
vocative تَنْدے (tande) تَنْدو (tando)
ablative تَنْدوں (tandoṉ) تَنْداں (tandāṉ)
locative تَنْدی (tandī) تَنْدِیں (tandīṉ)
instrumental تَنْدِیں (tandīṉ) تَنْدے (tande)

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tántu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. ^ Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “تند”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  3. ^ “ਤੰਦ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  4. ^ Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “تُند”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  5. ^ “ਤੁੰਦ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  6. ^ Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “تُند”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu

Adjective

تند • (tund)

  1. fast, quick, swift, rapid
    Synonyms: سریع (sarī), جلد (jald)
  2. sharp
    Synonym: تیز (tiz)
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