خرده
Persian
Alternative forms
- خورده (xūrda / xurde) (Tehrani)
Etymology
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwltk' /xwurdag/, “something small, particle”), from [script needed] (hwlt' /xwurd/, “small, little”). By surface analysis, خرد (xurd / xord) + ـه (-a / -e). Compare Old Armenian խորտակեմ (xortakem), an Iranian borrowing.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /xuɾ.ˈda/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [xʊɾ.d̪ä]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xoɹ.d̪e]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χuɾ.d̪ä]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | xurda |
| Dari reading? | xurda |
| Iranian reading? | xorde |
| Tajik reading? | xurda |
Noun
خرده • (xurda / xorde)
Related terms
- خرد (xurd / xord)
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: xırda
- → Gulf Arabic: خردة (ḵirda, ḵarda)
- → Ottoman Turkish: خرده (hurde, hurda)
- Turkish: hurda
- → Armenian: խուրդա (xurda)
- → Georgian: ხურდა (xurda)
- → Urdu: خردہ (xurda)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խորտակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 411–412
- Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 507, page 112
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 161