زاده
See also: ـزاده
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian zʾtk' (zādag), from Old Persian *zātah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́aHtás, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós. Indo-Iranian cognates include Sanskrit जात (jātá), Marathi झाले (jhāle), Northern Kurdish -za, Central Kurdish ـزا (za) and Avestan 𐬰𐬁𐬙𐬀 (zāta), other cognates include Latin gnātus, nātus, Old English -cund. Not a cognate with German Saat.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /zaː.ˈda/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [zɑː.d̪ǽ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [zɒː.d̪é]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zɔ.d̪ǽ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | zāda |
| Dari reading? | zāda |
| Iranian reading? | zâde |
| Tajik reading? | zoda |
Noun
| Dari | زادَه |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | زادِه |
| Tajik | зода |
زاده • (zâde) (plural زادگان (zâdegân))
- offspring
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 631:
- کاندر این زندان دنیا من خوشم
تا که دشمن زادگان را میکشم- k-andar īn zindān-i dunyā man xōšam
tā ki dušman zādagān rā mē-kušam - For I am happy (to be) in the prison of this world,
in order that I may be slaying the children of mine enemy
- k-andar īn zindān-i dunyā man xōšam
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person singular (“my”) |
زادهام (zâdé-am, zâdám△) | زادگانم (zâdegấnam, zâdeấm△) |
| 2nd person singular (“your”) |
زادهات (zâdé-at, zâdát△) | زادگانت (zâdegấnat, zâdeất△) |
| 3rd person singular (“his, her, its”) |
زادهاش (zâdéaš, zâdáš△) | زادگانش (zâdegấnaš, zâdeấš△) |
| 1st person plural (“our”) |
زادهمان (zâdé-mân, zâdámun△) | زادگانمان (zâdegấnemân, zâdeấmun△) |
| 2nd person plural (“your”) |
زادهتان (zâdé-tân, zâdátun△) | زادگانتان (zâdegấnetân, zâdeấtun△) |
| 3rd person plural (“their”) |
زادهشان، △ (zâdé-šân, zâdášun△) | زادگانشان، △ (zâdegấnešân, zâdeấšun△) |
△ Colloquial.