حرکت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَرَكَة (ḥaraka).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ha.ra.ˈkat/, /har.ˈkat/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.ɾä.kʰát̪], [häɾ.kʰát̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.ɾä.kʰát̪], [häɾ.kʰát̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɾä.kʰát̪], [ʔäɾ.kʰát̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɾä.kʰát̪], [ʔäɾ.kʰát̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæ.ɹæ.kʰʲǽt̪ʰ], [hæɹ.kʰʲǽt̪ʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.ɾä.kʰát̪], [häɾ.kʰát̪]

• Rhymes: -at

Readings
Classical reading?	harakát, harkát
Dari reading?	harakat, harkat
Iranian reading?	harakat, harkat
Tajik reading?	harakat, harkat

Noun

Dari	حرکت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҳаракат

حَرَکَت • (harakat) (plural حرکات (harakât), or حرکت‌ها (harakat-hâ))

1. (physics) motion
2. movement
3. act

Interjection

حَرَکَت • (harkat)

1. action

Descendants

• → Assamese: হৰকত (horokot)
• → Bengali: হরকত (horkot)
• → Gujarati: હરકત (harkat)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: हरकत (harkat)

  Urdu: حَرکَت

• → Marathi: हरकत (harkat)
• → Odia: ହରକତ (harakata)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਹਰਕਤ (harkat)

  Shahmukhi script: حَرکَت (ḥarkat)

• → Sindhi:

  Arabic script: حَرْڪَتَ (ḥarkata)

  Devanagari script: हर्कत

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “حرکت”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “harakat”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Lambton, Ann K.S. (1954), Persian Vocabulary, London: Cambridge University Press, page 56
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “حرکت”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary (overall work in English), London: Routledge & K. Paul