داد
Central Kurdish
Etymology
Noun
داد (dad)
- justice (state of being just or fair)
Derived terms
- دادگە (dadge)
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian [script needed] (dʾt' /dād/, “law, justice”), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎫𐎶 (d-a-t-m /dātam/, “law”), from Proto-Iranian *daHtáh, from Proto-Indo-European *dh₃tós (“given”). Compare the Iranian borrowings: Classical Syriac ܕܬܐ (dāṯāʾ), Hebrew דָּת (dāṯ), Old Armenian դատ (dat).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈdaːd/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ɑːd̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ɒːd̪̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ɔd̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | dād |
| Dari reading? | dād |
| Iranian reading? | dâd |
| Tajik reading? | dod |
Audio (Iran): (file)
Noun
| Dari | داد |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | дод |
داد • (dâd)
- justice, equity
- shout, yell
- redress of grievances
- complaint, lamentation (under oppression)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Bengali: দাদ (dad)
Verb
داد • (dâd)
- past stem of دادن
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “dād”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “داد”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul