عهده
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic عُهْدَة (ʕuhda).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔuh.ˈda/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔo̞ɦ.d̪ǽ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔoɦ.d̪é]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɵh.d̪ǽ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | uhda |
| Dari reading? | ohda |
| Iranian reading? | ohde |
| Tajik reading? | ühda |
Noun
| Dari | عهده |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | уҳда, ӯҳда |
عهده • (ohde)
- responsibility, charge, duty
- Synonyms: مسئوليت (mas'uliyat), وظیفه (vazife)
- این کار به عهدهٔ شماست. ― in kâr be ohde-ye šomâ-st. ― This work is your responsibility.
- c. 1060, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Safarnāma [Book of Travels][1]:
- شب به دیه باریاب بودم و از آنجا به راه سمنگان و طالقان به مروالرود شدم. پس به مرو رفتم و از آن شغل که به عهدهٔ من بود معاف خواستم و گفتم که مرا عزم سفر قبله است.
- šab ba dīh-i bāryāb būdam u az ānjā ba rāh-i samangān u tāluqān ba marwu-r-rūd šudam. pas ba marw raftam u az ān šuġl ki ba uhda-yi man būd mu'āf xwāstam u guftam ki ma-rā azm-i safar-i qibla ast.
- We were at the village of Bāryāb for the night, and from there, we went to Marw al-Rūd on the road to Samangān and Tāluqān. So we went to Marw, and I requested to be exempt from the job that was my duty and said that my desire was to journey to the Qibla [Mecca].