کرد
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Pronunciation
Noun
کرد (kërd)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [kuɾð]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰoɹd̪̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰuɹd̪]
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwrt /kurd/), of uncertain origin, assumed from Proto-Indo-European *kerdʰ- (“herd”).
Noun
کرد • (kord) (plural کردان (kordân) or اکراد (akrâd))
- (obsolete) nomad
- 1224-1228, Yaqut al-Hamawi, Mu’jam ul-Buldān (Persian translation)
- گروهی از اکراد در کوههای میان اصفهان و خوزستان و این نواحی بدیشان شناخته آید و بلاد لر خوانند و هم لرستان و لور گویند.
- goruh-i az akrâd dar kuh-hâ-ye muyân-e esfehân o xuzestân, o in navâhi bedišân šenâxte âyad o balad lor xânand o ham lorestân o lur guyand.
- [ Lurs are ] a group of nomads who live in the mountains between Isfahan and Khuzestan and these territories are known to be theirs and they are called the Lur people and they are also called “Luristan” and “Lur”.
- 1224-1228, Yaqut al-Hamawi, Mu’jam ul-Buldān (Persian translation)
Etymology 2
Apparently identical to the above word for a “herder”. More at Kurds.
Noun
کرد • (kord) (plural کردان (kordân) or کردها (kord-hâ))
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [kaɾð]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰʲæɹd̪̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰäɹd̪]
Verb
کرد • (kard)
References
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