فردا
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian [script needed] (MHL, pltʾk' /fradāg/, “tomorrow”), from Proto-Iranian *frata- (“early, ahead, front”), an extension of Proto-Iranian *fra- (“front, pro-”). Compare Sanskrit प्रातर् (prātar, “early in the morning; tomorrow”) and German Frühe (“morning”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /faɾ.ˈdaː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [fäɾ.d̪ɑ́ː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [fæɹ.d̪ɒ́ː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [fäɾ.d̪ɔ́]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | fardā |
| Dari reading? | fardā |
| Iranian reading? | fardâ |
| Tajik reading? | fardo |
Audio (Iran): (file)
Adverb
| Dari | فردا |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | фардо |
فردا • (fardâ)
- tomorrow
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1609:
- ز انکه او کف دید و دریا را ندید
ز انکه حالی دید و فردا را ندید- zi anki ō kaf dīd u daryā rā na-did
zi anki hālī dīd u fardā rā na-dīd - Because it [the sensual eye] saw the foam and not the sea,
because it saw the present and not to-morrow.
- zi anki ō kaf dīd u daryā rā na-did
Derived terms
- پس فردا (pas fardâ)
Descendants
Noun
فردا • (fardâ)
References
- Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 57