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

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kað.xu.ðɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäd̪.xʊ.d̪ɑː]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæd̪.xo.d̪ɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäd̪.χu.d̪ɔ]

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 (kʿedxuda), քյոխվա (kʿyoxva)

See also

• کدبانو (kad-bânu)