Religion and Spirituality
آخوند
/ âkhund /
noun · clergyman
Meaning
معنی۱
Both registers of âkhund need to be on a learner's radar, because using it in the wrong setting can either offend a religious host or make a secular Iranian assume you are politically naive.
In a sentence
مثالاون آخونده
un âkhund-e
He is a clergyman
The company it keeps
همنشینهاYou rarely meet a word alone — here it is, at work beside others.
روحانی
rouhâni
clergyman
ملا
mollâ
mullah, religious teacher
حجت الاسلام
hojjat-ol-eslâm
mid-rank cleric
آیت الله
âyatollâh
top-rank Shia cleric
In its constellation
در پیوندNo word stands alone. Follow a thread to the words it lives beside — hover to read one, click to open it.
آخوندâkhund
keeps company with ۳ words