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پرده

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See also: پردہ and برده

Gulf Arabic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Persian پرده (parde).

Noun

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پرده (pardaf

  1. curtain

Iraqi Arabic

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Etymology

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From Persian پرده.

Noun

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پرده (pardaf

  1. curtain

Ottoman Turkish

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پرده

Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian پرده (parda, curtain, screen, veil).

Noun

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پرده (perde)

  1. curtain, a piece of cloth covering a window or bed
  2. blind, a movable covering for a window to keep out light
  3. screen, a physical divider intended to block an area from view
  4. veil, a piece of cloth used to protect or hide the face
    Synonyms: حجاب (hicab), نقاب (nikab), یاشمق (yaşmak)
  5. curtain, a piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater
  6. (by extension) act, a division of a theatrical performance
  7. oil painting, an artwork done with oil paints
  8. (in general) fold, layer, coat, covering of material
  9. (music) tone, a whole tone, the pitch of the voice
  10. (music) fret on a guitar, key of a piano
  11. (figuratively, of a woman) chastity, immaculateness, modesty
  12. (anatomy) covering membrane, fold, layer, septum

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian pltk' (pardag), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (to cover, wrap; hide, cloth). Cognate with Sanskrit पट (paṭa, piece of cloth), Northern Kurdish perî (curtain; bridal curtain), Central Kurdish پەردوو (perdû, roofing material, such as leaves, barks, etc.).

Compare also Old Armenian պարտակ (partak), Classical Syriac ܦܪܕܩܐ (pardəqā), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? parda
Dari reading? parda
Iranian reading? parde
Tajik reading? parda

Noun

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Dari پرده
Iranian Persian
Tajik парда

پرده (parde) (plural پرده‌ها (parde-hâ))

  1. curtain
  2. (archaic) veil
  3. screen
  4. membrane
  5. (music) tone, a whole tone (musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to two semitones)
    • Rumi, "Ney-nameh", Masnavi-e Ma'navi
      • ... پرده‌هایش پرده‌های ما درید
        ... pardehâyaš, pardehâ-ye mâ darid
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  6. (music) maqam
  7. (music) fret
    Synonym: دستان (dastân)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պարտակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 69a
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 229
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “pltk'”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 65
  • Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 361