گدا

Persian

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Alternative forms

گدای (gadây) (archaic)

Etymology

Compared with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬜𐬀 (gaδa, “robber”), Pashto غل (ǧal, “thief”), although the Middle Persian reflex of this root is [script needed] (gdk' /⁠gēg⁠/, “thief”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡaðɑː(j)/
(Dari) IPA^(key): /ɡadɒː/
(Iran) IPA^(key): /ɡedɒː/
(Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɡadɔ/

Noun

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Dari	گَدا
Iranian Persian	گِدا
Tajik	гадо

گدا • (gedâ) (plural گداها (gedâ-hâ) or گدایان (gedâyân))

beggar; supplicant
- c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 6”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎:
  به ملازمان سلطان که رساند این دعا را؟
  که به شکرِ پادشاهی ز نظر مران گدا را
  ba mulâzimân-i sultân ki rasânad în du'â râ?
  ki ba šukr-i pâdišâhî zi nazar ma-rân gadâ râ
  To the sultan’s attendants, who will convey this prayer?
  In thanks for your kingship, drive not the beggar from your sight.
  (romanization in Classical Persian)
- 2015, Ali Fani (lyrics and music), “Be Tâ-hâ, be Yâ-sin”‎:
  بسی پادشاهی کنم؛ در گدایی!
  چو باشم، گدایِ گدایانِ زهرا
  basi pâdešâhi konam; dar gedâyi!
  čo bâšam, gedâ-ye gedâyân-e zahrâ
  I shall be very much a king—in beggary!
  For I shall be a beggar among the beggars to Zahra.
(figurative) stingy person; miser

Derived terms

گدا بازی در آوردن (gedâ-bâzi dar âvardan, “to be very stingy”)
گدایی (gedâyi, “begging, beggary”)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: gədə
→ Kazakh: кедей (kedei)
→ Kyrgyz: кедей (kedey)
→ Ottoman Turkish: گدا, կէտա (geda), կէտայ (geday) — Armeno-Turkish
- Turkish: geda
→ Uzbek: gadoy

Punjabi

Etymology

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Noun

گدا • (gdā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਗੱਦਾ)

pillow, cushion
Synonym: گَدّی (gaddī)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Persian

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:

گدایی

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Alternative forms

گدای (gadây) (archaic)

Etymology

Compared with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬜𐬀 (gaδa, “robber”), Pashto غل (ǧal, “thief”), although the Middle Persian reflex of this root is [script needed] (gdk' /⁠gēg⁠/, “thief”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡaðɑː(j)/
(Dari) IPA^(key): /ɡadɒː/
(Iran) IPA^(key): /ɡedɒː/
(Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɡadɔ/

Noun

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Dari	گَدا
Iranian Persian	گِدا
Tajik	гадо

گدا • (gedâ) (plural گداها (gedâ-hâ) or گدایان (gedâyân))

beggar; supplicant
- c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 6”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎:
  به ملازمان سلطان که رساند این دعا را؟
  که به شکرِ پادشاهی ز نظر مران گدا را
  ba mulâzimân-i sultân ki rasânad în du'â râ?
  ki ba šukr-i pâdišâhî zi nazar ma-rân gadâ râ
  To the sultan’s attendants, who will convey this prayer?
  In thanks for your kingship, drive not the beggar from your sight.
  (romanization in Classical Persian)
- 2015, Ali Fani (lyrics and music), “Be Tâ-hâ, be Yâ-sin”‎:
  بسی پادشاهی کنم؛ در گدایی!
  چو باشم، گدایِ گدایانِ زهرا
  basi pâdešâhi konam; dar gedâyi!
  čo bâšam, gedâ-ye gedâyân-e zahrâ
  I shall be very much a king—in beggary!
  For I shall be a beggar among the beggars to Zahra.
(figurative) stingy person; miser

Derived terms

گدا بازی در آوردن (gedâ-bâzi dar âvardan, “to be very stingy”)
گدایی (gedâyi, “begging, beggary”)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: gədə
→ Kazakh: кедей (kedei)
→ Kyrgyz: кедей (kedey)
→ Ottoman Turkish: گدا, կէտա (geda), կէտայ (geday) — Armeno-Turkish
- Turkish: geda
→ Uzbek: gadoy

Punjabi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

گدا • (gdā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਗੱਦਾ)

pillow, cushion
Synonym: گَدّی (gaddī)

Declension

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