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

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (ktkhwt’y /⁠kadag-xwadāy⁠/). Also analyzable in Modern Persian as کده (kade, “house, village”) +‎ خدا (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? kaḏxuḏā
Dari reading? kadxudā
Iranian reading? kadxodâ
Tajik reading? kadxudo

Noun

کدخدا • (kadxodâ, kodxodâ)

  1. village headman, mayor
  2. (archaic) master of the house, husband
  3. (historical) tithe officer

Synonyms
  • دهخدا (deh-xodâ) (village mayor)

Descendants
  • → Arabic: كَتْخُدَا (katḵudā)
  • → Gujarati: કદખુદા (kadkhudā)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: كتخدا (kethüda)
  • → Armenian: քեդխուդա (kʻedxuda), քյոխվա (kʻyoxva)

See also
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