درد

See also: دزد‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian درد‎ (dard).

Noun

درد • (dert)

1. pain, suffering, agony
2. disease, illness
3. affliction, woe; trouble
4. annoyance
5. grievance

Derived terms

• دردلو‎ (dertli)

Descendants

• Turkish: dert

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “درد”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 568
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “درد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 895

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian dlt' (dard, “pain”)

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /daɾd/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /dæɾd/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /daɾd/

Noun

Dari	درد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дард (dard)

درد • (dard)

1. pain
2. ache
3. affliction
4. disease
5. illness
6. complaint

Derived terms

(verbs)

• درد کردن‎ (dard kardan)
• درد گرفتن‎ (dard gereftan)

 

(others)

• اهل درد‎ (ahl-e dard)
• دردناک‎ (dardnâk)
• دردی‎ (dardi)

 

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: dərd
• → Hindustani:
  • Urdu: درد‎ (dard)
  • Hindi: दर्द (dard)
• Bengali: দরদ (dôrôd)
• → Kazakh: дерт (dert)
• → Northern Kurdish: derd
• → Middle Armenian: դարդ (dard), տարտ (tart), դերդ (derd), տէրտ (tērt)
  • Armenian: դարդ (dard)
• → Ottoman Turkish: درد‎ (dert)
  • Turkish: dert
  • Greek: ντέρτι (dérti)
• → Punjabi: ਦਰਦ (darad)
• → Zazaki: derd
• Uyghur: دەرد‎ (derd)
• Uzbek: dard

Etymology 2

Compare the Iranian borrowings: Aramaic דּוּרְדָּא / דֻּרְדָּא‎ (durdā, “sediment; lees”), in plural דּוּרְדֵּי / דֻּרְדֵּי‎ (durdī); Arabic دُرْدِيّ‎ (durdiyy, “liquid sediment, lees, amurca”). Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *dr̥ti-.

Alternative forms

• دردی‎ (durdi)

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /dʊɾd/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /doɾd/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /duɾd/

Noun

درد • (durd)

1. dregs

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: դիրտ (dirt), տիրտ (tirt), դուրտ (durt), տուրտին (turtin), դրտին (drtin), դրուրտ (drurt), դուրտին (durtin) (see there for further descendants)
• → Armenian: դըռդի (dəṙdi)
• → Ottoman Turkish: طورتی‎ (tortu)
  • Turkish: tortu, torta, tort
• → Azerbaijani: torta
• → Georgian: დურდო (durdo)
• → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: [script needed] (dürtʿ)
• → Northern Kurdish: tort

See also

• کسپه‎ (kuspe, “oil cake”)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “դիրտ”, 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 670b

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian درد‎ (dard).

Noun

درد • (dard) m (Hindi spelling दर्द)

1. pain
2. ache
3. affliction
4. pity