Central Kurdish

Verb

کردن ‎(kirdin) ‎(present stem کە)

1. to do

Conjugation

See also

• kirin

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] ‎(kyrd, kwn-), from Old Persian [script needed] ‎(kar-, “to do, make, build”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kar- ‎(“to do, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- ‎(“to do, make, construct”). Modern Indo-Iranian cognates include Ossetian кӕнын ‎(kænyn), конд ‎(kond), Pashto كول ‎(kawël, krël), Baluchi [script needed] ‎(kan-, ku(r)t-), Northern Kurdish кьрьн ‎(kirin), кь- ‎(ki-), Zazaki [Term?] ‎(kerdiš, ken-), and Hindustani करना ‎(karnā) / کرنا ‎(karnā).

The generic root for "to do, make" has developed in a wide range of specific activities, which have been preserved in old derivations such as: سگالیدن ‎(segâlidan, “to think, meditate”), پیکار ‎(peykâr, “picture, statue”), نگاشتن ‎(negâštan, “to paint”), انگاشتن ‎(engâštan, “to suppose; believe, consider”), انگاریدن ‎(angâridan, “to think, imagine; paint, figure”).

Pronunciation

• Harakat: كَردَن
• IPA^(key): /kæɾˈdæn/, [kʲæɾˈdæn]
• (dialectal, Mashhad, Yazd, Shiraz: some people, Bushehr, Hamadan, Abadeh, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) IPA^(key): /keɾˈdæn/, [kʲeɾˈdæn]

Verb

کردن • ‎(kardan) ‎(present stem کن ‎(kon))

1. to do
2. to make
3. (vulgar) to engage in a sexual act with

Usage notes

کردن ‎(kardan) is often used to make verbs from nouns and adjectives. The resulting compound verb is conjugated as shown below with the invariant prefix.

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934–1936), “kardan”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Beroukhim
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “kardan”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Southern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪrdɪn/

Verb

کردن ‎(kirdin) ‎(Latin script kirdin)

1. (transitive) to do, to make (to perform an action)

Derived terms