کدام

Persian

Alternative forms

• کدوم (kodum) (dialectal, Tehrani)
• کدم (kodom) (dialectal, Shiraz, Abadeh)
• کدو (kodu) (dialectal, Herati)
• کمو (kamu), کم (kam) (dialectal, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷi-, *kʷo-. See there for cognates.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ku.ˈðɑːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊ.d̪ɑ́ːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊ.d̪ɑ́ːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰʊ.d̪ɑ́ːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰu.d̪ɔ́ːm]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰo.d̪ɒ́ːm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰo.d̪ɒ́ːm]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [kʰo.d̪úːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.d̪ɔ́m]

Readings
Classical reading?	kuḏām
Dari reading?	kudām
Iranian reading?	kodâm
Tajik reading?	kadom

• (Shiraz) IPA^(key): [kʰo.d̪óm]

Pronoun

Dari	کدام
Iranian Persian
Tajik	кадом

کدام • (kodâm)

1. which

   کُدام خانِه مال شُماسْت؟ ― kodâm xâne mâl-e šomâst? ― Which house is yours? (Formal Tehrani Persian)

   کُدام خاَنه را می‌خواهِی ― kudām xāna rā mē-xāhī? ― Which house do you want? (Formal Kabuli Persian)