کدخدا

Pashto

Noun

کدخدا • (kadkhudā́) m

  1. village elder, village headman, head of a family

Derived terms
  • کدخدايي‎ (kadkhudājí)

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”).

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)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: كتخدا‎ (kethüda)
  • → Armenian: քեդխուդա (kʿedxuda), քյոխվա (kʿyoxva)

See also
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