پده

Persian

Etymology 1

Cognate to Pashto بدړ (badáṛ, “Euphrates poplar”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

پده • (pade)

1. Euphrates poplar (Populus euphratica)

   Alternative forms: پته (pata), پد (pad)

Etymology 2

Clipping of پوسیده (puside, “rotten”).

Noun

پده • (pude, pade)

1. kindling

   Alternative forms: بده (bude), پد (pud), بد (bud)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “پده”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Vullers, Johann August (1855) “پده”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 334a–b
• Wolff, Fritz (1935) Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname‎^[2] (in German), Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, page 185b