خردسال

Persian

Etymology

From (xurd, “small, little”) +‎ (sâl, “year”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xuɾd.ˈsaːl/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊɹd̪.sɑ́ːl]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊɹd̪.sɑ́ːl]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xuɹd̪.sɔ́ːl̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xoɹd̪.sɒ́ːl̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χuɹd̪.sɔ́l]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xurdsāl
Dari reading^?	xurdsāl
Iranian reading^?	xordsâl
Tajik reading^?	xurdsol

Noun

خردسال • (xordsâl)

(now law) minor, underage; (originally) youth of tender years
Antonym: بزرگسال (bozorgsâl)
- 1194, Niẓāmī Ganjavī, “شرف‌نامه”, in اسکندرنامه‎^[1]:
  که دانست کاین کودک خردسال
  شود با بزرگان چنین بدسگال
  ki dānist k-īn kōdak-i xurdsāl
  šawad bā buzurgān čunīn badsigāl
  Who knew that this child of tender years
  Would become so wicked-minded with the nobles?

Derived terms

خردسالی (xordsâli, “being a minor”)