عده

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِدَّة (ʕidda).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪd̪.d̪ǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪd̪.d̪ǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔid̪.d̪ǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔed̪.d̪é]

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

Readings
Classical reading?	iḏḏa
Dari reading?	idda
Iranian reading?	edde
Tajik reading?	idda

Noun

عده • (edde)

1. number, quantity

   عده قلیل ― edde-ye qalil ― a small number

2. (Islamic law) waiting period upon a woman after her marriage has ended until she can remarry

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عده”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim