Where does “خندان” come from?

خندان (Persian) comes from Persian ـان — suffix forming the plural of nouns, chiefly animate ones.

خندان (Persian): laughing; smiling; having a partially opened...

Definitions

  1. laughing; smiling; having a partially opened...

Ancestry of “خندان”, step by step

خندان traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ـان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـانsuffix forming the plural of nouns, chiefly animate ones

via Persian خند

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianخندpresent stem form of خندیدن; present stem form of...
Every word from Persian ـان