خدشه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَدْشَة (ḵadša).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xað.ˈʃa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xäd̪.ʃǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xäd̪.ʃǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xäd̪.ʃǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xäd̪.ʃǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xæd̪.ʃé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χäd̪.ʃǽ]

Readings

Classical reading?	xaḏša
Dari reading?	xadša
Iranian reading?	xadše
Tajik reading?	xadša

Noun

خدشه • (xadše)

1. scratch, abrasion
   • 13th century, عطاملک جوینی ['atāmalik juwaynī], تَارِیخِ جَهَانْگُشَای [tārīx-i jahāngušāy, The History of The World Conqueror]:

     و این چشم‌زخمی بود بر چهرهٔ اقبال و خدشه‌ای بر صفحات احوال او.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. scratch mark
3. fault, frailty

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “خدشه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press