adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to the Zand tribe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Zand
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Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Of or relating to the Zand dynasty or its period of rule in Iran (1751–1794).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Zandian, Zandid
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
Alternative form of Zend.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 4
A member of the Zand tribe, a Laki-speaking Kurdish tribe of western Iran.
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Meaning relationships
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noun
Meaning 5
A member of the Zand dynasty, a ruling house of Iran (1751–1794) founded by Karim Khan Zand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Zandid
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian زَنْد (zand, “Zand (member of the Zand tribe)”), from Laki. Further etymology uncertain.
From Middle Persian znd (zand).
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: زَنْدِيّ (zandiyy) — of or relating to the Zand tribe
- Arabic: زَنْدِيّ (zandiyy) — of or relating to the Zand dynasty
- Dari: زَنْدِی (zandī) — of or relating to the Zand dynasty
- Iranian Persian: زَنْدی (zandi) — of or relating to the Zand dynasty
- Persian: زَنْدِی (zandī) — of or relating to the Zand dynasty
- Tajik: зандӣ (zandi) — of or relating to the Zand dynasty
- Arabic: زَنْدِيّ (zandiyy) — member of the Zand tribe
- Arabic: زَنْدِيَّة (zandiyya) — member of the Zand tribe
- Dari: زَنْد (zand) — member of the Zand tribe
- Iranian Persian: زَنْد (zand) — member of the Zand tribe
- Persian: زَنْد (zand) — member of the Zand tribe
- Turkish: Zend — member of the Zand tribe
- Ottoman Turkish: زند (zend) — member of the Zand tribe
- Arabic: زَنْدِيّ (zandiyy) — member of the Zand dynasty
- Arabic: زَنْدِيَّة (zandiyya) — member of the Zand dynasty
- Turkish: Zend — member of the Zand dynasty
- Ottoman Turkish: زند (zend) — member of the Zand dynasty