کرد

See also: كرد, گرڈ, and گرد

Mazanderani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɤrd/, /kɘrd/

Noun

کرد (kërd)

1. shepherd

Persian

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊɹd̪]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰoɹd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰuɹd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	kurd
Dari reading?	kurd
Iranian reading?	kord
Tajik reading?	kurd

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwrt /⁠kurd⁠/), of uncertain origin, assumed from Proto-Indo-European *kerdʰ- (“herd”).

Noun

کرد • (kord) (plural کردان (kordân) or اکراد (akrâd))

1. (obsolete) nomad
   • 1224-1228, Yaqut al-Hamawi, Mu’jam ul-Buldān (Persian translation)

     گروهی از اکراد در کوههای میان اصفهان و خوزستان و این نواحی بدیشان شناخته آید و بلاد لر خوانند و هم لرستان و لور گویند.

     goruh-i az akrâd dar kuh-hâ-ye muyân-e esfehân o xuzestân, o in navâhi bedišân šenâxte âyad o balad lor xânand o ham lorestân o lur guyand.

     [ Lurs are ] a group of nomads who live in the mountains between Isfahan and Khuzestan and these territories are known to be theirs and they are called the Lur people and they are also called “Luristan” and “Lur”.

Etymology 2

Apparently identical to the above word for a “herder”. More at Kurds.

Noun

کرد • (kord) (plural کردان (kordân) or کردها (kord-hâ))

1. Kurd

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäɹd̪]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæɹd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäɹd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	kard
Dari reading?	kard
Iranian reading?	kard
Tajik reading?	kard

Verb

کرد • (kard)

1. past stem of کردن (kardan)

References

• “کرد”, in Langenscheidt Universal-Wörterbuch Persisch, München: Langenscheidt, 2002, →ISBN