Emotion and Mind
خنده
/ khande /
noun · laughter, smile
Meaning
معنی۱
Iranian gatherings prize loud, communal خنده. A good guest tells stories that get everyone laughing; a good host laughs with full lungs. The pair خنده و گریه shows up in poetry, films, and lullabies as shorthand for the full range of human feeling, often delivered together at weddings, funerals, and Yalda nights.
In a sentence
مثالخندهام گرفت
khande-am gereft
I burst out laughing
The company it keeps
همنشینهاYou rarely meet a word alone — here it is, at work beside others.
خنده و گریه
khande-vo-gerye
laughter and tears
خندهدار
khandedâr
funny, laughable
زیر خنده زدن
zir-e khande zadan
to burst into laughter
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.
خندهkhande
keeps company with ۶ words