درخت

See also: درجت‎

Khalaj

Noun

دِرَخت (diraxt) (definite accusative دِرَختؽ‎, plural دِرَختلار‎)

1. Arabic spelling of diraxt (“tree”)

Declension

Declension of درخت

	singular	plural
nominative	درخت	درختلار‎
genitive	درختؽیݧ‎	درختلارؽیݧ‎
dative	درختقا‎	درختلارقا‎
definite accusative	درختؽ‎	درختلارؽ‎
locative	درختچا‎	درختلارچا‎
ablative	درختدا‎	درختلاردا‎
instrumental	درختلا‎	درختلارلا‎
equative	درختوارا‎	درختلاروارا‎
quantitative	درختقَدَر‎	درختلارقَدَر‎

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dlht'), [Book Pahlavi needed] (dlʾht'), 𐫅𐫡𐫟𐫤‎ (drxt /draxt/, “tree”). Cognate with Parthian 𐫅𐫡𐫟𐫤‎ (drxt /draxt/), Baluchi درچک‎ (diračk, “tree”). Compare also the Iranian borrowings Imperial Aramaic 𐡃𐡓𐡇𐡕𐡀‎ (drḥtʾ, “tree”), Old Armenian դրախտ (draxt, “garden; paradise”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /daˈɾaxt/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /daˈɾaxt/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /dæˈɾæxt/, /deˈɾæxt/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /daˈɾaxt/

• Audio [deˈɾæxtʰ]

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Noun

Dari	درخت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дарахт (daraxt)

درخت • (deraxt, daraxt) (plural درختان‎ (deraxtân, daraxtân) or درخت‌ها‎ (deraxt-hâ, daraxt-hâ))

1. tree

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: दरख़्त (daraxt)

  Urdu: درخت‎ (daraxt)

• → Khalaj: diraxt
• → Kyrgyz: дарак (darak)
• → Hindustani:

  Gurmukhi script: ਦਰਖਤ (darkhat)

  Shahmukhi script: درخت‎ (daraxt)

• → Rajasthani: दरखत (darakht)
• → Uyghur: دەرەخ‎ (derex)
• → Uzbek: daraxt

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “դրախտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 691
• Boyce, Mary (1977), “drxt”, in A word-list of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Acta Iranica 9a, Série 3 – “Textes et mémoires”, vol. 2-supplément), with a reverse index by Ronald Zwanziger, Leiden, Tehran-Liège: E.J. Brill, Bibliothèque Pahlavi, page 35
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 145
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 27
• Nyberg, H. S. (1974) A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 66
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 878

Urdu

دَرَخت

Etymology

From Classical Persian درخت‎ (daraxt).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ə.ɾəxt̪/
• Hyphenation: دَ‧رَخت

Noun

درخت • (daraxt) m (Hindi spelling दरख़्त)

1. tree

Synonyms

• پیڑ‎ (peṛ)

References

• “درخت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “درخت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John Thompson (1884), “درخت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
• “درخت”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.