کدخدا
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Pashto
[edit]Noun
[edit]کدخدا • (kadxudā́) m
Derived terms
[edit]- کدخدايي (kadxudājí)
References
[edit]- Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “کدخدا”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Persian [script needed] (ktkhwt’y /kadag-xwadāy/). Also analyzable in Modern Persian as کده (kade, “house, village”) + خدا (xodâ, “master, lord”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [kað.xu.ðɑː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰʲæd̪.xo.d̪ɒː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰäd̪.χu.d̪ɔ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | kaḏxuḏā |
Dari reading? | kadxudā |
Iranian reading? | kadxodâ |
Tajik reading? | kadxudo |
Noun
[edit]کدخدا • (kadxodâ, kodxodâ)
Synonyms
[edit]- دهخدا (deh-xodâ) (village mayor)
Descendants
[edit]- → Arabic: كَتْخُدَا (katḵudā)
- → Gujarati: કદખુદા (kadkhudā)
- → Ottoman Turkish: كتخدا (kethüda)
- → Armenian: քեդխուդա (kʻedxuda), քյոխվա (kʻyoxva)
See also
[edit]- کدبانو (kad-bânu)