Etymology

Zand

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Today it means: A member of the Zand tribe, a Laki-speaking Kurdish tribe of western Iran. Full definition →

Persian زَنْد
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Zand · noun, adjective1

  1. Persian · borrowed fromزَنْد“Zand (member of the Zand tribe)”
  2. English todayZand

Borrowed from Persian زَنْد (zand, “Zand (member of the Zand tribe)”), from Laki. Further etymology uncertain.

Zand · proper noun2

  1. Middle Persian · borrowed fromznd
  2. English todayZand

From Middle Persian znd (zand).

Words from the same roots

Middle Persianznd all →

Zend

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