عده

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِدَّة (ʕidda).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔið.ˈda]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪd̪.d̪ǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪd̪.d̪ǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪd̪.d̪ǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔid̪.d̪ǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔed̪.d̪é]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔid̪.d̪ǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	iḏḏa
Dari reading?	idda
Iranian reading?	edde
Tajik reading?	idda

Noun

عده • (edde)

1. number, quantity

   عده قلیل ― edde-ye qalil ― a small number

   • 2023 March 16, “محمد جهان آرا، فرمانده‌ی نظامی ایرانی و از فرماندهان سپاه خرمشهر”, in sharqhdaily.com‎^[1]:

     در سال ۱۳۴۸ تحت تأثیر جنبش اسلامی به رهبری روح‌الله خمینی همراه عده‌ای از دوستان‌اش وارد مبارزات سیاسی علیه دولت محمدرضا پهلوی شد و گروه الله اکبر را راه‌اندازی کرد.

     dar sâl-e 1348 taht-e ta'sir-e jombeš-e eslâmi be rahbari-ye ruhollâh-e xomeyni hamrâh-e edde'i az dustân-aš vâred-e mobârezât-e siyâsi aleyh-e dowlat-e mohammad-rezâ pahlavi šod va goruh-e allâho akbar râ râh-andâzi kard.

     In the [Iranian] year 1348 [1969], he began to participate in political confrontations with a number of his friends against the government of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi under the influence of the Islamic movement led by Ruhollah Khomeini, and launched the Allahu Akbar group.

2. (Islamic law) waiting period upon a woman after her marriage has ended until she can remarry

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عده”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim