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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic فَرْد (fard, “an individual”).
Noun
افراد • (efrad or efrat)
- plural of فرد (ferd): individuals; ordinary people
- (military) privates, recruits, soldiers (distinguished from officers)
- 1898 July 2, photo caption on cover of Servet-i Fünun:
تسالیا غازیلرندن طربزون الاینه منسوب افراد شاهانهنك دائرهٔ حكومت پیشكاهنه قورولان طاق ظفردن مرورلری- Tesalya gazilerinden Trabizon alayına mensub efrad şahanenin daire-i hükûmet pişgah kurulan tak-i zaferden mürurları
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
Further reading
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “efrat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “افراد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 155
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “efrad”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Persian
Noun
افراد • (afrâd)
- plural of فرد (fard)
Descendants
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian افراد (afrād), plural form of فرد (fard).
Pronunciation
Noun
اَفْراد • (afrād) m pl (indeclinable, Hindi spelling अफ़राद)
- persons, individuals
- Synonym: لوگ (log)
- kinds, spices
References
- “افراد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “افراد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.