گرد

See also: گرڈ and کرد

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (wrd-), [script needed] (wlt- /⁠ward-⁠/, “to turn, twist, writhe”), from Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎫 (vart-), from the Proto-Iranian root *wart- (“to turn”) (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙- (var^ət-), Khotanese [script needed] (bal- /⁠baḍ-⁠/, “to move, writhe”), Parthian [script needed] (wrt-), [script needed] (wrd-), Sogdian wrtn), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wart-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, rotate”). Cognates include Sanskrit वर्त्ति (vártti), वर्तते (vártate, “to turn, roll”), Proto-Slavic *vьrtě̀ti (“to turn”), Latin vertere (“to turn”), German werden (“to turn (into), become”), English worth.

Adjective

Dari	گرد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	гирд

گرد • (gerd)

2. round, circular

Derived terms

• گردی (gerdi)

Related terms

• گردیدن (gardidan, “to rotate, spin, circulate”)
• گردو (gerdu, “walnut”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [script needed] (gard, “dust”), ultimately from the same root as the verb گَشتَن (gaštan, “to wander around”).

Noun

گرد • (gard)

1. dust
2. powder

Related terms

• گرده (garde, “pollen”)

Etymology 3

From Middle Persian [script needed] (gurd, “hero”).

Noun

گرد • (gord)

1. hero

Etymology 4

From Middle Persian 𐭪𐭫𐭲 (-klt /⁠-kirt, -gird⁠/), from Old Persian [script needed] (-kṛta, “made, done”), from Proto-Iranian *-kr̥táh, from the adjective *kr̥táh (“made, done”) (compare Avestan 𐬐𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀 (kər^əta), Old Persian 𐎣𐎼𐎫 (k-r-t /⁠karta⁠/), Inscriptional Parthian -𐭊𐭓𐭕 (-krt /⁠-kirt, -gird⁠/)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥tás (compare Sanskrit कृत (kṛtá)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷr̥tós, from the root *kʷer- (“to do, make”).

Alternative forms

• جرد (-jerd)

Suffix

گرد • (-gerd or -gard)

1. Suffix used to form city names.

Derived terms

Category Persian terms suffixed with گرد not found