درخت

See also: درجت

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

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• IPA^(key): /dæˈɾæxt/

Noun

Dari	درخت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дарахт

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

1. tree

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: दरख़्त (daraxt)

  Urdu: درخت (daraxt)

• → Kyrgyz: дарак (darak)
• → Rajasthani: दरखत (daraxt)
• → Uyghur: دەرەخ (derex)
• → Uzbek: daraxt

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դրախտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, 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)‎^[1], 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

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian درخت (daraxt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ə.ɾəxt̪/

Noun

درخت • (daraxt) m (Hindi spelling दरख़्त)

1. tree

Synonyms

• پیڑ (peṛ)