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خُرْدَة
scrap, junk (especially scrap metal) /ˈxʊr.da/
nounB2#3963 most common
Also: odds and ends, worthless old item, hardware (in the compound خردوات)
Example sentences
هذه خُردة قديمة.
This is an old piece of junk.
باع أبي السيارة كخُردة.
My father sold the car as scrap.
يجمع الرجل الخُردة من الشوارع ليبيعها.
The man collects scrap from the streets to sell it.
ارتفع سعر الخُردة المعدنية هذا العام بسبب الطلب على الحديد.
The price of scrap metal rose this year because of demand for iron.
تحوّلت المصانع المتوقفة إلى أكوام من الخُردة بعد إغلاقها.
The shut-down factories turned into piles of scrap after they closed.
تُعيد بعض الشركات تدوير الخُردة الإلكترونية لاستخراج المعادن النفيسة منها قبل التخلص من الباقي.
Some companies recycle electronic scrap to extract precious metals from it before disposing of the rest.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خُرْدَةٌ | خُرَدٌ |
| Genitive | خُرْدَةٍ | خُرَدٍ |
| Accusative | خُرْدَةً | خُرَداً |
| Vocative | يا خُرْدَةُ | يا خُرَدُ |
Word family
خُردواتhardware, small sundry goods (ironmonger's stock)
تَخْريدscrapping, decommissioning (of vehicles, ships, machinery)
خُرْدَجِيscrap dealer, junk dealer (colloquial)
مُخَرَّداتdecommissioned or scrapped items
Etymology
خُرْدَة entered Arabic as a loanword from Persian خرده (khordeh), meaning small piece or fragment. The word spread through trade and Ottoman-era commercial contact and settled into everyday Arabic as a term for scrap metal and junk. It never gained classical literary status, so it still carries a colloquial, marketplace feel.
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