کده

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ktk' /⁠kadag⁠/, “house”), from Proto-Iranian *katákah (“house”), diminutive of *kátah. Compare Pashto کلی (këlay, “village”), Yagnobi кат (kat, “house”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ka.ˈða]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.d̪ǽ]

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	kaḏa
Dari reading?	kada
Iranian reading?	kade
Tajik reading?	kada

Noun

Dari	کده
Iranian Persian
Tajik	када

کده • (kade) (plural کده‌ها (kade-hâ))

1. (archaic) house

   Synonym: خانه (xâne)

2. (archaic) village

Derived terms

• کدبانو (kadbânu)
• کدخدا (kadxodâ)

 

Suffix

Dari	ـکده
Iranian Persian
Tajik	-када

ـکده • (-kade)

1. the place of

Derived terms

• بتکده (botkade)
• دانشکده (dâneš-kade)
• دهکده (deh-kade)
• عشرت‌کده ('ešrat-kade)
• غم‌کده (ğam-kade)
• ماتم‌کده (mâtam-kade)
• محنت‌کده (mehnat-kade)
• می‌کده (mey-kade)

 

Further reading

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 48