کرت

Persian

Etymology

Unknown.

According to the 1390s chronicle فُتوحاتِ میرانشاهی (fotuhât-e mirânšâhi, “Conquests of Miran Shah”), the word is an obscure word meaning شکافتن (šekâftan, “to split; to destroy”). The Kart founder is said to have fought viciously as a commander for the Mongols in a battle against the Khwarazmshah, during which the Khwarazmians said آن غوری کرت است (ân ğuri kart ast, “This Ghurid is kart”), whence the name.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kaɾt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäɹt̪]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæɹt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäɹt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	kart
Dari reading?	kart
Iranian reading?	kart
Tajik reading?	kart

Noun

کَرت • (kart)

1. (historical) Kartid (member of a dynasty that ruled Khurasan in the 1200s and 1300s, related to the Ghurids)

   Synonym: کرتی (karti)

Usage notes

• After the extinction of the dynasty, the correct vocalism of the word was forgotten until the 1900s, and the word was sometimes mistakenly vocalized as کُرت (kort) or کِرت (kert).