خندان

Persian

FWOTD – 11 February 2016

Etymology

From خند (xand-, to laugh) + ـان (-ân).

Pronunciation

Adjective

خندان (xandân)

پسته‌های خندان
  1. laughing
  2. smiling
  3. (of pistachios) having a partially opened shell, naturally or artificially (in picture)
    • روش تشخيص پسته‏هاي يخ خندان از پسته‏هاي طبيعي خندان [Detection method for pistachios whose shells are artificially split by means of ice-water treatment], Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran
      خندان بودن پسته يكي از ويژگيهاي اصلي آن است كه صرفنظر از ساير ويژگيها به تنهائي تأثير قابل ملاحظه‏اي در تعيين قيمت آن در تجارت بين‏المللي دارد .
      xandân budan peste yeki az vižegihâye asli-ye ân ast ke saf-e-nazar az sâyer-e vižegihâ, be-tanha'i ta'sir-e qâbel-e molâheze-i dar ta'yin-e qeymat-e ân dar tejârat-e beyn-ol-melali dârad.
      "Smiling"-ness of a pistachio is one of its main characteristics that, apart from other characteristics, has a significant impact alone on its price in international trade.

Descendants

  • → Azeri: xəndan
  • → Hindustani:
    Urdu: خندان (khandān)
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