کرته

See also: کرپه, گربه, گربہ, کربه, and گربھ

Pashto

Noun

کرته • (kurtá) f

1. (clothing) jacket, coat, tunic, kirtle

References

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

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sogdian [script needed] (kwrδʾk), ܟܪܝܬܝ (/⁠kurθē⁠/). Cognate with Khotanese 𐨐𐨂𐨪𐨟𐨂, 𑀓𑀼𑀭𑀢𑀼 (kuratu), Ossetian курӕт (kuræt). Compare also Classical Persian کرتک (kurtak), Northern Kurdish kurtek, kurtik, and the Iranian borrowings: Arabic قُرطَق (qurṭaq), Armenian կոռտիկ (koṙtik), քուրտիկ (kʻurtik), Georgian კურტაკი (ḳurṭaḳi), ქურთუკი (kurtuḳi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kuɾ.ta]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊɾ.t̪ʰä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊɾ.t̪ʰä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰʊɾ.t̪ʰä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰuɾ.t̪ʰä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰoɹ.t̪ʰe]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰuɾ.t̪ʰä]

Readings
Classical reading?	kurta
Dari reading?	kurta
Iranian reading?	korte
Tajik reading?	kurta

Noun

Dari	کرته
Iranian Persian
Tajik	курта

کرته • (korte)

1. (clothing) tunic, kirtle

Descendants

• → Hijazi Arabic: كُرْتَة (kurta)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: कुरता (kurtā)

  Urdu: کُرْتَا (kurtā)

  • → Dari: کُرْتِی (kurtī)
  • → English: kurta, khurta, kurti
  • → Telugu: కుర్తా (kurtā)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਕੁੜਤਾ (kuṛtā), ਕੁਰਤਾ (kurtā)

  Shahmukhi script: کُڑتا (kuṛtā)

Further reading

• Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 609–610
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կոռտիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 638–639
• Asatrian, Garnik (2009) “Iranian Notes III”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎^[1], volume 13, number 2, pages 325–326