کرته

Pashto

Noun

کرته • (kurtáf

  1. (clothing) jacket, coat, tunic, kirtle

References

  • Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “کرته”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sogdian [script needed] (kwrδʾk), ܟܪܝܬܝ (/⁠kurθē⁠/). Cognate with Ossetian курӕт (kuræt). Compare also Classical Persian کرتک (kurtak), Northern Kurdish kurtek, kurtik, and the Iranian borrowings: Arabic قُرطَق (qurṭaq), Armenian կոռտիկ (koṙtik), քուրտիկ (kʻurtik), Georgian კურტაკი (ḳurṭaḳi), ქურთუკი (kurtuḳi).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? kurta
Dari reading? kurta
Iranian reading? korte
Tajik reading? kurta

Noun

Dari کرته
Iranian Persian
Tajik курта

کرته • (korte)

  1. (clothing) tunic, kirtle

Descendants

  • Hijazi Arabic: كُرْتَة (kurta)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: कुरता (kurtā)
    Urdu: کُرْتَا (kurtā)
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਕੁੜਤਾ (kuṛtā), ਕੁਰਤਾ (kurtā)
    Shahmukhi script: کُڑتا (kuṛtā)

Further reading

  • Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 609–610
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կոռտիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 638–639
  • Asatrian, Garnik (2009) “Iranian Notes III”, in Iran and the Caucasus[1], volume 13, number 2, pages 325–326