پرده

See also: پردہ and برده

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian پرده (parda).

Noun

پرده • (perde)

1. curtain, screen, blind
2. veil
3. an act of theatrical play
4. (music) tone, a whole tone
5. fret of a guitar, key of a piano
6. (figurative) chastity, immaculateness
7. (anatomy) fold, layer, membrane, septum

Descendants

• Turkish: perde
• → Albanian: perde
• → Bulgarian: пердѐ (perdè)
• → Greek: μπερντές (berntés)
• → Macedonian: перде (perde)
• → Romanian: perdea
• → Serbo-Croatian: перда / perda

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian *pardag. Compare Old Armenian պարտակ (partak), Classical Syriac ܦܪܕܩܐ (pardəqā), Iranian borrowings.

Noun

Dari	پرده
Iranian Persian
Tajik	парда

پرده • (parde) (plural پرده‌ها (parde-hâ))

1. curtain
2. (archaic) veil
3. screen
4. membrane
5. (music) tone, a whole tone (musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to two semitones)
   • Rumi, "Ney-nameh", Masnavi-e Ma'navi
     • ... پرده‌هایش پرده‌های ما درید

       ... pardehâyaš, pardehâ-ye mâ darid

       (please add an English translation of this usage example)

6. (music) maqam

• fret

Synonyms

• (fret): دستان (dastân)

Derived terms

• پشت پرده (pošt-e-parde)
• پرده بکارت (parde-ye bekârat)
• پرده گوش (parde-ye guš)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: pərdə
• → Bashkir: пәрҙә (pərźə)
• → English: purdah
• → Georgian: ფარდა (parda)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: पर्दा (pardā)

  Urdu: پردہ (parda)

• → Middle Armenian: փարդայ (pʻarday), փարտայ (pʻartay), փարդէ (pʻardē), փարտէ (pʻartē), փէրտա (pʻērta), փէրտէ (pʻērtē)
  • Armenian: փարդա (pʻarda), ֆարդա (farda)
• → Punjabi: ਪਰਦਾ (pardā) / پردہ (parda)
• Ottoman Turkish: پرده (perde)
  • Turkish: perde
  • → Albanian: perde
  • → Bulgarian: пердѐ (perdè)
  • → Greek: μπερντές (berntés)
  • → Macedonian: перде (perde)
  • → Romanian: perdea
  • → Serbo-Croatian: перда / perda
• → Uyghur: پەردە (perde)
• → Uzbek: parda

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պարտակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 69a
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 229