کدخدا

Pashto

Noun

کدخدا • (kadxudā́) m

  1. village elder, village headman, head of a family

Derived terms

  • کدخدايي (kadxudājí)

References

  • Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009), “کدخدا”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press

Persian

Alternative forms

  • کدخدای (kadxudāy / kadxodây), کدخداه (kadxudāh / kadxodâh), کتخدا (katxudā / katxodâ), کتخدای (katxudāy / katxodây)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ktk'hwtʾy /⁠kadag-xwadāy⁠/, “householder, master of the house”).[1] By surface analysis, کده (kada / kade, “house, village”) +‎ خدا (xudā / xodâ, “master, lord”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [kʰäd̪.xʊ.d̪ɑː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [kʰäd̪.xʊ.d̪ɑː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [kʰäd̪.xu.d̪ɔː]

Readings
Classical reading? kadxudā
Dari reading? kadxudā
Iranian reading? kadxodâ
Tajik reading? kadxudo

Noun

کدخدا • (kadxudā / kadxodâ) (Tajik spelling кадхудо)

  1. village headman, mayor
    Synonym: دهخدا (dihxudā / dehxodâ)
  2. (archaic) master of the house, husband
    Coordinate term: کدبانو (kadbānū / kadbânu)
  3. (historical) tithe officer

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: kətxuda, kədxuda, kəndxuda, kovxa
  • → Arabic: كَتْخُدَا (katḵudā)
  • → Armenian: քեդխուդա (kʻedxuda), քյոխվա (kʻyoxva)
  • → Gujarati: કદખુદા (kadkhudā)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: كتخدا (kethüda), كهیا (kahya), كایها (kahya)

References

  1. ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “kadag-xwadāy”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 48
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