دده
Khalaj
Etymology 1
Noun
دَده (dədə) (definite accusative دَدهݧ, plural دَدهلَر)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | دده | ددهلَر |
| genitive | ددهݧ | ددهلَریݧ |
| dative | ددهکه | ددهلَرکه |
| definite accusative | ددهݧ | ددهلَری |
| locative | ددهچه | ددهلَرچه |
| ablative | ددهده | ددهلَرده |
| instrumental | ددهله | ددهلَرله |
| equative | ددهوارا | ددهلَروارا |
Etymology 2
Noun
دَده (dədə) (definite accusative دَدهݧ, plural دَدهلَر)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | دده | ددهلَر |
| genitive | ددهݧ | ددهلَریݧ |
| dative | ددهکه | ددهلَرکه |
| definite accusative | ددهݧ | ددهلَری |
| locative | ددهچه | ددهلَرچه |
| ablative | ددهده | ددهلَرده |
| instrumental | ددهله | ددهلَرله |
| equative | ددهوارا | ددهلَروارا |
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tēte (“grandfather”); cognate with Azerbaijani dədə, Kazakh тәте (täte) and Turkmen däde.
Noun
دده • (dede) (definite accusative ددهیی (dedeyi), plural ددهلر (dedeler))
- grandfather, grandpa, gramp, a father of someone's parent
- Synonym: جد (cedd)
- (by extension) old man, gaffer, whitebeard, an elderly man
- Synonym: شیخ (şeyh)
- dervish, a Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God
- Synonym: درویش (derviş)
- dede, a religious leader in the Alevi and Ishiki communities
Declension
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Derived terms
- دده آغاچ (dede ağaç, “Alexandroupoli”)
- ددهنك باباسی (dedeniñ babası, “great-grandfather”)
Descendants
- Turkish: dede
Further reading
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- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881), “دده”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 732
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “dede”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1123
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “دده”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 221a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “دده”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 566
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Avus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 110
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “دده”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 2040
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “dede”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “دده”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 892
Persian
Etymology
A babble word.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /da.ˈda/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ä.d̪á]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪æ.d̪é]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ä.d̪á]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | dada |
| Dari reading? | dada |
| Iranian reading? | dade |
| Tajik reading? | dada |
- (Bushehr) IPA(key): [d̪e.d̪é]
Noun
دده • (dada / dade) (Tajik spelling дада) (dialectal or colloquial)
- sister (blood relative)
- sister, sis (word of address for women of similar age)
- 2025, داریوش غریب زاده, زیر درخت بابُل, Shiraz, Iran: Pirsook, page 40:
- شما محبت کردین چای و شربت و قلیون دادین، لیمو چه قابلی داره دِدِه.
- šomâ mohabbat kardin čây o šorbat o qelyun dâdin, limu če qâbeli dâre dede.
- You were very kind to give me tea and sherbet and hookah. You really deserve the lemons, sis.
- (historical) maidservant, housemaid
- (historical) female slave
Descendants
- → Khalaj: dədə
See also
| Iranian Persian dialectal kinship terms واژگان لهجههای فارسی ایرانی برای خویشاوندان نسبی vâžegân-e lahja-hâ-ye fârsi-ye irâni barâ-ye xišâvandân-e nasabi | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family member | Standard Iranian Persian | Tehrani dialect | Abadani dialect | Kashani dialect | Shirazi dialect |
| mother | مادر (mâdar) | مامان (mâmân) | ننه (nene) | مامو (mâmo) | |
| grandmother | مادربزرگ (mâdar-bozorg) | مامانبزرگ (mâmân-bozorg) | بیبی (bi-bi) | ماجون (mâjun) | بیبی (bi-bi) |
| father | پدر (pedar) | بابا (bâbâ) | دده (dede) | بابا (bâbâ) | بابو (bâbo) |
| grandfather | پدربزرگ (pedar-bozorg) | بابابزرگ (bâbâbozorg) | بوبزرگ (bovobozorg)
آقوبزرگ (âġobozorg) | ||
| sister | خواهر (xâhar) | آبجی (âbji) | دده (dade) | — | آباجی (âbâji) |
| older sister | خواهربزرگ (xâhar-bozorg) | آقباجی (âġ-bâji) | — | باجی (bâji) | شاباجی (šâbâji) |
| brother | برادر (barâdar) | داداش (dâdâš) | کا (kâ) | وردار (vardâr) | کاکو (kâko)
داچی (dâčči) (younger brother) |
| older brother | برادربزرگ (barâdar-bozorg) | — | آکاکو (âkâko) | ||
| maternal aunt (mother's sister) |
خاله (xâle) | ||||
| maternal uncle (mother's brother) |
دایی (dâyi) | خالو (xâlu) | — | دئی (do'i) | |
| paternal aunt (father's sister) |
عمه (amme) | ||||
| paternal uncle (father's brother) |
عمو (amu) | آمو, عامو (âmu) | — | آمو, عامو (âmu) | |
| Dari Persian dialectal kinship terms واژگان لهجههای فارسی دری برای خویشاوندان نسبی wāžagān-i lahja-hā-yi fārsī-yi darī barā-yi xēšāwandān-i nasabī | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family member | Standard Dari | Kabuli dialect | Hazaragi dialect | Herati dialect | Qandahari dialect |
| mother | مادر (mādar) | ننه (nana) | آبه (āba) | ننه (nana) | آیه (āya) |
| grandmother | مادرکلان (mādar-kalān) | بیبی (bī-bī) | آجه (āja) بیبی (bī-bī) |
بیبی (bī-bī) | آنه (āna) |
| father | پدر (padar) | بابا (bābā) | آته (āta) | پیر (piyar) بابا (bābā) | |
| grandfather | پدرکلان (padar-kalān) | باباجی (bābājī) آغا (āġā) |
بابا (bābā) | بابو (bābū) | |
| sister | خواهر (xāhar) | خوار (xwār, xār) | |||
| older sister | خواهرکلان (xāhar-kalān) | آغا (āġā) باجی (bājī) |
دده (dada) | ||
| brother | برادر (barādar) | بیادر (biyādar) | برار (birār) | ||
| older brother | برادرکلان (barādar-kalān) | لالا (lālā) | |||
| maternal aunt (mother's sister) |
خاله (xāla) | ||||
| maternal uncle (mother's brother) |
ماما (māmā) | ماما (māmā) تغایی (taġāyī) |
ماما (māmā) | ||
| paternal aunt (father's sister) |
عمه (amma) | ||||
| paternal uncle (father's brother) |
کاکا (kākā) | ||||
- When referring to older family members, both بزرگ (buzurg) and کلان (kalān) are correct, but the latter is more common in Afghanistan.
- In many dialects, cases of word final ـا (-ā) may be optionally shortened to ـه (-a), e.g. بابا (bābā) > بابه (bāba).
- In many dialects, terms ending in ـه (-a) or ـا (-ā) may have an epenthetic ـی (-y) added (unrelated to ezafe), e.g. عمه (amma) > عمی (ammay).
Southwestern Fars
Noun
دده (dada)
- (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) sister