عهده

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُهْدَة (ʕuhda).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔuh.ˈda]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔo̞ɦ.d̪ǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔo̞ɦ.d̪ǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.d̪ǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔu.d̪ǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔoɦ.d̪é]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɵh.d̪ǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	uhda
Dari reading?	ohda
Iranian reading?	ohde
Tajik reading?	ühda

Noun

Dari	عهده
Iranian Persian
Tajik	уҳда, ӯҳда

عهده • (ohde)

1. responsibility, charge, duty

   Synonyms: مسئوليت (mas'uliyat), وظیفه (vazife)

   این کار به عهدهٔ شماست. ― in kâr be ohde-ye šomâ-st. ― This work is your responsibility.

   • c. 1060, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Safarnāma [Book of Travels]‎^[1]:

     شب به دیه باریاب بودم و از آنجا به راه سمنگان و طالقان به مروالرود شدم. پس به مرو رفتم و از آن شغل که به عهدهٔ من بود معاف خواستم و گفتم که مرا عزم سفر قبله است.

     šab ba dīh-i bāryāb būdam u az ānjā ba rāh-i samangān u tāluqān ba marwu-r-rūd šudam. pas ba marw raftam u az ān šuğl ki ba uhda-yi man būd mu'āf xwāstam u guftam ki ma-rā azm-i safar-i qibla ast.

     We were at the village of Bāryāb for the night, and from there, we went to Marw al-Rūd on the road to Samangān and Tāluqān. So we went to Marw, and I requested to be exempt from the job that was my duty and said that my desire was to journey to the Qibla [Mecca].

Descendants

• → Gujarati: હોદ્દો (hoddo)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ओहदा (ohdā)

  Urdu: عُہْدَہ ('uhda)

• → Marathi: हुद्दा (huddā)
• → Telugu: హోదా (hōdā)