برکندن

Persian

Etymology

Compound of بر (bar, “up”) +‎ کندن (kandan, “to dig”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [baɾ.kan.dan]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.kʰän̪.d̪än]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.kʰän̪.d̪än]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.kʰän̪.d̪än]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.kʰän̪.d̪än]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæɹ.kʰʲæn̪.d̪æn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.kʰän̪.d̪än]

Readings
Classical reading?	barkandan
Dari reading?	barkandan
Iranian reading?	barkandan
Tajik reading?	barkandan

Verb

Dari	برکندن
Iranian Persian
Tajik	баркандан

برکندن • (barkandan) (present stem برکن (barkan))

1. to dig up, to dig out
2. to uproot, to tear up, to exterminate
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1226:

     بیخهای خوی بد محکم شده
     قوت بر کندن آن کم شده‏

     bēx-hā-i xōy-i bad mahkam šuda
     quwwat bar kandan ān kam šuda

     The roots of bad habit firmly set,
     and the power to tear them up decreased.

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “برکندن”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim