شاگرد

See also: شاكرد

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (hšʾklt' /⁠hašāgird⁠/, “disciple, pupil”), from Proto-Iranian *hašā-kr̥táh-. The first component is from Proto-Iranian *hu-šāk-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsu- (“good”) + Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”), while the latter component is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥tás (“done, made”). Akin to Old Armenian աշակերտ (ašakert), Aghwan 𐔰𐕐𐔰𐕙𐕄𐔴𐕜 (ašarḳeṭ), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃaː.ˈɡird̪/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.ɡɪ́ɾd̪̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.ɡɪ́ɾd̪̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.ɡɪ́ɾd̪̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃɔː.ɡíɾd̪̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɒː.ɡʲéɹd̪̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɔ.ɡíɾd̪̪]

• Rhymes: -ird̪

Readings
Classical reading?	šāgiɾd
Dari reading?	šāgiɾd
Iranian reading?	šâgeɾd
Tajik reading?	šogiɾd

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

شاگرد • (šāgird / šâgerd) (plural شاگردان (šāgirdān / šâgerdân), or شاگردها (šāgird-hā / šâgerd-hâ), Tajik spelling шогирд)

1. pupil, student, scholar (one who seeks knowledge from others, also used for martial arts students or members of any sports club)
2. apprentice, journeyman

   Synonym: کارآموز (kâr-âmuz)

3. (also religion) disciple, follower
4. page, servant

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: şagird
• → Bashkir: шәкерт (şäkirt)
• → Bengali: শাগরেদ (śagred)
• → Georgian: შეგირდი (šegirdi)
• → Gujarati: શાગિર્દ (śāgird)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: शागिर्द (śāgird)

  Urdu: شَاگِرْد (śāgird)

• → Kashmiri: شٲگِرد (śạ̄gird)
• → Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: şagirt, şagird

• → Ottoman Turkish: شَاگِرْد (şâkird)
  • Turkish: şakirt
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: шѐгрт

    Latin script: šègrt

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਾਗਿਰਦ (śāgird)

  Shahmukhi script: شَاگِرْد (śāgird)

• → Sindhi:

  Arabic script: شاگِردُ (śāgirdu)

  Devanagari script: शागिर्दु

• → Turkmen: şägirt

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاگرد (šāgird).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ʃäː.ɡɪɾd̪/, [ˈʃäː.ɡɪɾd̪(ə̆)]

Noun

شاگِرد • (śāgird) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਾਗਿਰਦ)

1. pupil, student, apprentice

References

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “شاگِرد”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz], page 1851
• “شاگرد”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَاگِرْد (šāgird)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʂaː.ɡɪɾd̪]

Noun

شاگِردُ • (śāgirdu) m (Devanagari शागिर्दु)

1. (education) student, pupil

Declension

Declension of شاگِردُ (masc u-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	شاگِردُ śāgirdu	شاگِردَ śāgirda
oblique	شاگِردَ śāgirda	شاگِردَنِ śāgirdani
vocative	شاگِردَ śāgirda	شاگِردو śāgirdo

Further reading

• Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988), “شاگِردُ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ, page 1239
• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “شاگِرْدُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society, page 356
• Shirt, George; Thavurdas, Udharam; Mirza, S.F. (1879), “شاگرد”, in A Sindhi-English Dictionary, Karachi: Commissioner's Printing Press, page 558
• Stack, George (1849), “शागिड्दु”, in A dictionary, English and Sindhi, American Mission Press, page 155
• Sindhi Language Authority (2026), “شاگرد”, in Online Sindhi Dictionaries‎^[2]

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَاگِرْد (šāgird), from Middle Persian [script needed] (hšʾklt' /⁠hašāgird⁠/, “disciple, pupil”), from Proto-Iranian *hašā-kr̥táh-. Compare Bengali শাগরেদ (śagred). First attested in c. 1635 as Middle Hindi شاگِرْد (śagrd).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃɑː.ɡɪɾd̪/
• Rhymes: -ɪɾd̪
• Hyphenation: شا‧گِرْد

Noun

شاگِرْد • (śāgird) m (Hindi spelling शागिर्द)

1. pupil, apprentice; student

   Synonym: طالِبِ عِلْم (tālib-i 'ilm)

2. servant; helper

Declension

Declension of شاگرد

	singular	plural
direct	شاگِرْد (śāgird)	شاگِرْد (śāgird)
oblique	شاگِرْد (śāgird)	شاگِرْدوں (śāgirdõ)
vocative	شاگِرْد (śāgird)	شاگِرْدو (śāgirdo)

Further reading

• “شاگرد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “شاگرد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “شاگرد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.