خرده گرفتن

Persian

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Etymology

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From خرده (xorde, small piece; fault) +‎ گرفتن (gereftan, to take).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? xurda giriftan
Dari reading? xurda giriftan
Iranian reading? xorde gereftan
Tajik reading? xurda giriftan

Verb

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Dari خرده گرفتن
Iranian Persian
Tajik хурда гирифтан

خرده گرفتن (xorde gereftan)

  1. to find fault; to criticize pedantically
    • c. 1580, Vahshī Bāfqī, “گلهٔ یار دل‌آزار”, in گزیده اشعار [Selected Poems]‎[1]:
      خرده بر حرف درشت من آزرده مگیر
      حرف آزرده درشتانه بود ، خرده مگیر
      xurda bar harf-i durušt-i man-i āzurda ma-gīr
      harf-i āzurda duruštāna būd, xurda ma-gīr
      Don't find fault with the sincere words I said in my pain;
      These words of pain were sincere, don't find fault with them.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Conjugation

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