From Middle Persian zʾtk' (zādag), from Old Persian *zātah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́aHtás, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós. Indo-Iranian cognates include Sanskrit जात (jātá), Marathi झाले (jhāle), Northern Kurdish -za, Central Kurdish ـزا (za) and Avestan 𐬰𐬁𐬙𐬀 (zāta), other cognates include Latin gnātus, nātus, Old English -cund. Not a cognate with German Saat.
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | zāḏa |
Dari reading? | zāda |
Iranian reading? | zâde |
Tajik reading? | zoda |
Dari | زادَه |
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Iranian Persian | زادِه |
Tajik | зода |
زاده • (zâde) (plural زادگان (zâdegân))
singular | plural | |
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1st person singular (“my”) |
زادهام (zâdé-am) | زادگانم (zâdegấnam) |
2nd person singular (“your”) |
زادهات (zâdé-at) | زادگانت (zâdegấnat) |
3rd person singular (“his, her, its”) |
زادهاش (zâdéaš) | زادگانش (zâdegấnaš) |
1st plural (“our”) |
زادهمان (zâdé-mân) | زادگانمان (zâdegấnemân) |
2nd plural (“your”) |
زادهتان (zâdé-tân) | زادگانتان (zâdegấnetân) |
3rd plural (“their”) |
زادهشان، △ (zâdé-šân, zâdášun△) | زادگانشان، △ (zâdegấnešân, zâdeấšun△) |
△ Colloquial.