# تند
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

تند (form I)
* تَنْدُ (tandu) /tan.du/: inflection of نَدَا (nadā):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
** third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
* تُنْدَ (tunda) /tun.da/: inflection of نَدَا (nadā):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

تَنْدَ • (tanda) (form I) /tan.da/
* inflection of نَدِيَ (nadiya):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
** third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

تِنَد • (tinad) pl
* plural of تَنْدَة (tanda)

## Khalaj
### Adjective

تُند (tund)
* Arabic spelling of tund (“spicy”)

## Persian
### Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (twnd /⁠tund⁠/, “sharp, violent”), from Proto-Iranian *tund- (“to act violently”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tund-, from Proto-Indo-European *tu-n-d-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [tunð]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰʊn̪d̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰʊn̪d̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [t̪ʰʊn̪d̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [t̪ʰun̪d̪̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰon̪d̪̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰun̪d̪]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Adjective

تند • (tond)
* fast; quick
    Synonym: سریع (sari')
    خیلی تند می‌دود. ― xeyli tond mi-davad. ― He runs very fast.
    قلبم تند می‌زد. ― qalb-am tond mi-zad. ― My heart was beating quickly.
* spicy; hot
    Synonym: تیز (tiz)
    این فلفل تند است. ― in felfel tond ast. ― This pepper is spicy.
* harsh; acrid; biting; sharp
    انتقاد تند ― enteqâd-e tond ― harsh criticism
* severe; intense
    Synonyms: شدید (šadid), سخت (saxt)
    باد تند می‌وزد ― bâd tond mi-vazad ― the wind blows harshly
* strong; intense (of a beverage, a color)
    قرمز تند ― qermez-e tond ― deep red
    قهوهٔ تند ― qahve-ye tond ― strong coffee
* quick to anger; irate
    مرد تند ― mard-e tond ― man with a temper
* sharp; steep
    Synonym: تیز (tiz)
    شیب تند ― šib-e tond ― steep slope

#### Derived terms

* تند شدن (tond šodan)
* تند کردن (tond kardan)
* تندرو (tondrow)
* تندزبان (tondzabân)
* تندهوش (tondhuš)
* تندپز (tondpaz, “microwave cooker”)

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: թունդ (tʻund)
* → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܘܢܕ (tund)
* → Azerbaijani: tünd
* → Khalaj: tund
* → Kyrgyz: түнт (tünt)
* → Ottoman Turkish: تند (tund, tünd)

### Further reading

* Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 390
* Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “tund”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 628b
* MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 84

## Punjabi
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀢𑀁𑀢𑀼 (taṃtu), from Sanskrit तन्तु (tántu).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Punjabi) IPA: /t̪ənd̪/, [t̪ɐ̃nd̪ᵊ]

#### Noun

تَنْد • (tand) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੰਦ)
* thread, strand, fibre
* (zoology) a tendril (of a creeper)
* (music) string (of a musical instrument)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian تُنْد (tund).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Punjabi) IPA: /t̪ʊnd̪/, [t̪ʊ̃nd̪ᵊ]

#### Adjective

تُنْد • (tund) (indeclinable, Gurmukhi spelling ਤੁੰਦ)
* strong, aggressive, severe, harsh
* violent, fierce, angry

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Punjabi) IPA: /t̪ʊnd̪/, [t̪ɵ̃nd̪ᵊ]

#### Noun

تُنْد • (tund) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੁੰਦ)
* Alternative form of تونْد (tond, “potbelly; paunch”)

##### Declension
### References

* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tántu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
* ↑ Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “تند”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
* ↑ “ਤੰਦ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
* ↑ Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “تُند”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
* ↑ “ਤੁੰਦ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
* ↑ Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “تُند”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

## Urdu
### Adjective

تند • (tund)
* fast, quick, swift, rapid
    Synonyms: سریع (sarī), جلد (jald)
* sharp
    Synonym: تیز (tiz)