زاده

See also: ـزاده

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian zʾtk' (zādag), from Old Persian *zātah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́aHtás, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós. Indo-Iranian cognates include Sanskrit जात (jātá), Marathi झाले (jhāle), Northern Kurdish -za, Central Kurdish ـزا (za) and Avestan 𐬰𐬁𐬙𐬀 (zāta), other cognates include Latin gnātus, nātus, Old English -cund. Not a cognate with German Saat.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [zɑː.ˈða]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɑː.d̪ǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɑː.d̪ǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zɑː.d̪ǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zɔː.d̪ǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zɒː.d̪é]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zɔ.d̪ǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	zāḏa
Dari reading?	zāda
Iranian reading?	zâde
Tajik reading?	zoda

Noun

Dari	زادَه
Iranian Persian	زادِه
Tajik	зода

زاده • (zâde) (plural زادگان (zâdegân))

1. offspring
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 631:

     کاندر این زندان دنیا من خوشم
     تا که دشمن زادگان را میکشم

     k-andar īn zindān-i dunyā man xōšam
     tā ki dušman zādagān rā mē-kušam

     For I am happy (to be) in the prison of this world,
     in order that I may be slaying the children of mine enemy

Inflection

Possessive forms of زاده (zâde)
	singular	plural
1st person singular (“my”)	زاده‌ام (zâdé-am) [Term?] △ (zâdám)	زادگانم (zâdegấnam) [Term?] △ (zâdeấm)
2nd person singular (“your”)	زاده‌ات (zâdé-at) [Term?] △ (zâdát)	زادگانت (zâdegấnat) [Term?] △ (zâdeất)
3rd person singular (“his, her, its”)	زاده‌اش (zâdéaš) [Term?] △ (zâdáš)	زادگانش (zâdegấnaš) [Term?] △ (zâdeấš)
1st plural (“our”)	زاده‌مان (zâdé-mân) [Term?] △ (zâdámun)	زادگانمان (zâdegấnemân) [Term?] △ (zâdeấmun)
2nd plural (“your”)	زاده‌تان (zâdé-tân) [Term?] △ (zâdátun)	زادگانتان (zâdegấnetân) [Term?] △ (zâdeấtun)
3rd plural (“their”)	زاده‌شان (zâdé-šân) [Term?] △ (zâdášun)	زادگانشان (zâdegấnešân) [Term?] △ (zâdeấšun)
△ Colloquial.

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: zadə
• → Ottoman Turkish: زاده (zade)
  • Turkish: zade