پرده

See also: پردہ and برده

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

From Persian پرده.

Noun

پرده (parda) f

  1. curtain

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian پرده (parda, “curtain, screen, veil”).

Noun

پرده • (perde)

  1. curtain, a piece of cloth covering a window or bed
  2. blind, a movable covering for a window to keep out light
  3. screen, a physical divider intended to block an area from view
  4. veil, a piece of cloth used to protect or hide the face
    Synonyms: حجاب (hicab), نقاب (nikab), یاشمق (yaşmak)
  5. curtain, a piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater
  6. (by extension) act, a division of a theatrical performance
  7. oil painting, an artwork done with oil paints
  8. (in general) fold, layer, coat, covering of material
  9. (music) tone, a whole tone, the pitch of the voice
  10. (music) fret on a guitar, key of a piano
  11. (figuratively, of a woman) chastity, immaculateness, modesty
  12. (anatomy) covering membrane, fold, layer, septum

Derived terms

  • پرده بیرون (perde-birūn, “bold, impudent”)
  • پرده‌باز (perdebaz, “musician”)
  • پرده‌جی (perdeci, “maker or seller of curtains”)
  • پرده‌دار (perdedar, “curtained, screened”)
  • پرده‌سز (perdesiz, “without curtains”)
  • پرده‌لتمك (perdeletmek, “to make or let be covered”)
  • پرده‌لك (perdelik, “stuff fit for a curtain”)
  • پرده‌لمك (perdelemek, “to cover with a curtain”)
  • پرده‌لندرمك (perdelendirmek, “to make or let become a curtain”)
  • پرده‌لنمك (perdelenmek, “to get a veil or a curtain”)
  • پرده‌لو (perdeli, “furnished with curtains”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: perde
  • → Albanian: perde
  • → Armenian: փէրտէ (pʻērtē)
  • → Bulgarian: перде́ (perdé)
  • → Greek: μπερντές (berntés)
  • → Laz: ფერდე (perde)
  • → Macedonian: перде (perde)
  • → Romanian: perdea
  • → Serbo-Croatian: перда / perda

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian pltk' (pardag), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; hide, cloth”). Cognate with Sanskrit पट (paṭa, “piece of cloth”), Northern Kurdish perî, pelhe (“curtain; bridal curtain”) and pate: piece of cloth}}, Central Kurdish پەردوو (perdû, “roofing material, such as leaves, barks, etc.”).

Compare also Old Armenian պարտակ (partak), Classical Syriac ܦܪܕܩܐ (pardəqā), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? parda
Dari reading? parda
Iranian reading? parde
Tajik reading? parda

Noun

Dari پرده
Iranian Persian
Tajik парда

پرده • (parde) (plural پرده‌ها)

  1. curtain
  2. (archaic) veil
  3. screen
  4. membrane
  5. (music) tone, a whole tone (musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to two semitones)
    • Rumi, "Ney-nameh", Masnavi-e Ma'navi
      • ... پرده‌هایش پرده‌های ما درید
        ... pardehâyaš, pardehâ-ye mâ darid
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  6. (music) maqam
  7. (music) fret
    Synonym: دستان (dastân)

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պարտակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 69a
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 229
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “pltk'”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 65
  • Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 361
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