xwendin

Meaning

1. to read
2. to study

Concepts

read

📖

study

see

👀

peruse

take

declaim

dip into

get

look

say

🗣️

Synonyms

xwandin

خوێندن

vekolîn

Translations

lire

📖

leggere

📖

llegir

📖

ler

📖

lesen

📖

okumak

📖

leer

📖

lezen

📖

διαβάζω

قرأ

📖

legere

قَرَأَ

verstehen

Etymology

Cognate with Persian: خواندن

Cognate with Latin: canō

Cognate with Welsh: canu

In summary

From Proto-Iranian *hwanH- (“to call”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swanH-, from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound”). Compare Persian خواندن (xândan), Latin sonō, Sanskrit स्वनति (svanati).

Sentences

Xwendin deriyê zêr e.

Reading is the golden gate.

Em li dibistanê fêrî xwendin , nivîsandin û sincên baş dibin .

We learn to read, write and write well at school.

Çîrokên Hezar û Yek Şevê bi sedan sal in tên xwendin û gotin .

The stories of the Thousand and One Nights have been read and told for hundreds of years.

Ew di dibistanên seretayî de fêrî xwendin û nivîsînê dibin .

They learn to read and write in primary schools.

Di heman demê de ji bo xwendin û lêkolînan tiştekî baş e.

It is also good for reading and research.