Kadkhudā (English spelling)

Japanese: キャドホダー(英語表記)kadkhudā
Kadkhudā (English spelling)
The head of a family or village in Iran. The modern Persian form of the compound word of the Middle Persian words kadag (family) and khwaday (ruler). From its original meaning of head of a family, it later came to refer to the head of a village or a local official, and now refers to a village head in the administrative sense.

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Japanese:
イランにおける家長あるいは村長。中世ペルシア語のカダグ kadag (家) とフワダーイ khwadāy (君主) の複合語の近世ペルシア語形。本来の家長の意から転じて,のちには村落の長や地方の役人をもさすようになり,現在は行政的な意味での村長をいう。

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