دزد

See also: درد

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (dwz, “thief”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *duš- (“bad, wrong”), from Proto-Indo-European *dus- (“bad, wrong”). From the same root comes also دشمن (došman, “enemy”). Cognate with Sanskrit दुस्- (dus-, “bad”), Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬱- (duš-, “bad”) and Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊzd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊzd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊzd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪uzd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ozd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪uzd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	duzd
Dari reading?	duzd
Iranian reading?	dozd
Tajik reading?	duzd

Noun

Dari	دزد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дузд

دزد • (duzd / dozd) (plural دزدها (duzd-hā / dozd-hâ), Tajik spelling дузд)

1. thief, burglar, robber, stealer

Related terms

• دزدی (dozdi)
• دزدیدن (dozdidan)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “دزد”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary (overall work in English), London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “دزد”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دُزْد (duzd), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *duš- (“bad, wrong”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ʊzd̪/
• Rhymes: -ʊzd̪

Noun

دُزْد • (duzd) m (Hindi spelling दुज़्द)

1. thief, robber, stealer

References

• “دزد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “دزد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.