خرده

Persian

Alternative forms

• خورده (Tehrani)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwltk' /⁠xwurdag⁠/, “something small, particle”), from [script needed] (hwlt' /⁠xwurd⁠/, “small, little”), thus equivalent to خرد (xord) +‎ ـه (-e). Compare Old Armenian խորտակեմ (xortakem), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

خرده • (xorda)

1. bit
2. part
3. particle

Related terms

• خرد (xord)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: xırda
• → Gulf Arabic: خردة (ḵirda, ḵarda)
• → Ottoman Turkish: خرده (hurde, hurda)
  • Turkish: hurda
• → Armenian: խուրդա (xurda)
• → Georgian: ხურდა (xurda)
• → Urdu: خردہ (xurda)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խորտակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 411–412
• Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 507, page 112
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 161