From Proto-Indo-European *h₁é-kʷer-t ~ *h₁e-kʷr-ént, from *h₁é + *kʷer- (“to do, make”) + *-t (root aorist verb suffix).
*Hákart ~ *Hákrant (perfective)
- to do, make
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hákart
- Proto-Iranian: *Hákart, *Háčart [1]
- Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬗𐬋𐬭𐬆𐬝 (cōrət̰, 3sg.aor.act.inj.)
- Northeastern Iranian:
- Southeastern Iranian:
- Pashto: کول (kawël, krël)
- Northwestern Iranian: (< *kr̥-ta-)
- Baluchi: [script needed] (kan-, ku(r)t-)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: kirin
- Zazaki: kerden, kerd
- Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: 𐎠𐎤𐎢𐎫𐎠 (a-ku-u-t-a /akutā/, 3sg.aor.med.ind.)
- Middle Persian: (/kard/)
- Manichaean script: 𐫐𐫏𐫡𐫅 (kyrd)
- Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (krt')
- Persian: کردن (kardan, “to make, to do”)
- ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*kar”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 393