पडदा

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پرده (parda), from Middle Persian [script needed] (pltk' /⁠pardag⁠/). Compare Gujarati પડદો (paḍdo), Hindustani پَرْدَہ (parda) / परदा (pardā), Sindhi پَرْدو / पर्दो, Punjabi ਪਰਦਾ (pardā) / پَردہ (pardh), Nepali पर्दा (pardā), Maithili परदा (parᵊdā) / 𑒣𑒩𑒠𑒰 (paradā), Odia ପରଦା (pôrôda), Bengali পরদা (porda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəɖ.d̪a/

Noun

पडदा • (paḍdā) m

1. curtain, blinds
2. (film) screen
3. purdah, veil
4. separating membrane
5. film over the eye
6. (anatomy) eardrum

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “पडदा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पडदा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “पडदा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).