تنجیدن

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Northwestern Iranian cognate of Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫤𐫗𐫉- (tnz- /⁠tanz-⁠/, “to strain, press”), from Proto-Iranian *tanč- (“to twist (together), become narrow, dense, constrict”), from Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (“to compact”). Akin to Ossetian тындзын (tynʒyn), Old Armenian տանջեմ (tanǰem), Old Georgian ტანჯვა (ṭanǯva), as well as Sanskrit तञ्च् (tañc, “to contract, coagulate”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

تنجیدن • (tanjidan)

1. to strain
2. to squeeze
3. to twist, to roll together
4. to draw tight
5. to be distressed, sad

References

• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 377–378
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “تنجیدن”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul