شاگرد

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian شاگرد (šâgird).

Noun

شاگرد • (şagird)

1. pupil, student
2. novice, apprentice

Descendants

• → Serbo-Croatian: šègrt / шѐгрт

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (hšʾklt' /⁠hašāgird⁠/, “disciple, pupil”). Akin to Old Armenian աշակերտ (ašakert), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

شاگرد • (šâgerd) (plural شاگردان (šâgerdân) or شاگردها (šâgerd-hâ))

1. pupil, student, scholar (one who seeks knowledge from others)
2. apprentice, journeyman

   Synonym: کارآموز (kâr-âmuz)

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

Descendants

• → Armenian: աշակերտ (ašakert)
• → Azerbaijani: şagird
• → Bashkir: шәкерт (şəkert)
• → Georgian: შეგირდი (šegirdi)
• → Hindi: शागिर्द (śāgird)
• → Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: şagirt,

• → Ottoman Turkish: شاگرد (şâgird)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “hašāgird”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 43