کوتاه
See also: كوتاه
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian [Term?] (/kotāh/).[1] Cognate with کودک (kudak, “child”) and کوچک (kuček, “small”); see کودک (kudak) for more.[2]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [koː.tɑːh]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [kʰoː.t̪ʰɑːʱ]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [kʰoː.t̪ʰɑː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [kʰʊː.t̪ʰɔː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰuː.t̪ʰɒːʱ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰɵ.t̪ʰɔʱ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | kōtāh |
| Dari reading? | kōtāh |
| Iranian reading? | kutâh |
| Tajik reading? | kütoh |
Audio (Iran) (file)
Adjective
کوتاه • (kutâh) (comparative کوتاه‌تَر (kutâh-tar), superlative کوتاه‌تَرین (kutâh-tarin))
| Dari | کوتاه |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | кӯтоҳ |
- short, low (in stature)
- Antonym: بلند (boland, “tall”)
- 2021, “میوه لاکچری سولقان”, in www.hamshahrionline.ir, Hamshahri:
- درخت اگر بلند باشد، روزی ۱۲ سطل شاتوت می‌چینیم. ولی اگر درخت کوتاه باشد، روزی ۲۰ سطل را پر می‌کنیم.
- deraxt agar boland bâšad, ruzi davâzdah satl šâtut mi-činim. vali agar deraxt-e kutâh bâšad, ruzi bist satl-râ por mi-konim.
- If the tree is tale, we gather twelve buckets of mulberry a day. But if it is a short tree, we fill twenty buckets a day.
- short (in length)
- short (in duration)
Derived terms
(nouns)
- کوتاهی (kutâhi, “shortness, brevity”)
- داستان کوتاه (dâstân-e kutâh, “short story”)
(compound verbs)
- کوتاه کردن (kutâh kardan, “to shorten, to cut short”)
- کوتاه شدن (kutâh šodan, “to become short, to be shortened”)
(adjectives)
- دست کوتاه (dast-kutâh, “powerless”)
- قد کوتاه (qad-kutâh, “short of height”)
- کوتاه اندیش (kutâh-andiš, “short-sighted”)
- کوتاه بین (kutâh-bin, “short-sighted”)
- کوتاه نظر (kutâh-nazar, “stingy, small-minded”)
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: كوتاه (kûtah)
- Turkish: kûtah
References
- Farhang-e Farsi (A Persian Dictionary) by Mohammad Mo'in
- Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 258
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