فردا

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (MHL, pltʾk' /⁠fradāg⁠/, “tomorrow”), from Proto-Iranian *frata- (“early, ahead, front”), an extension of Proto-Iranian *fra- (“front, pro-”). Compare Sanskrit प्रातर् (prātar, “early in the morning; tomorrow”) and German Frühe (“morning”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [faɾ.ˈdɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.d̪ɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.d̪ɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.d̪ɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.d̪ɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæɹ.d̪ɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.d̪ɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	fardā
Dari reading?	fardā
Iranian reading?	fardâ
Tajik reading?	fardo

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Adverb

Dari	فردا, صباح
Iranian Persian	فردا
Tajik	пагоҳ

فردا • (fardâ)

1. tomorrow

Derived terms

• پس فردا (pas fardâ)

Noun

فردا • (fardâ)

1. tomorrow

References

• Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 57