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 • (xurda)
- bit
- part
- particle
Related terms
- خرد (xurd)
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, Hračʿeay (1973), “խորտակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, 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