مهارت

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَهَارَة (mahāra).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? mahārat
Dari reading? mahārat
Iranian reading? mahârat
Tajik reading? mahorat

Noun

Dari مهارت
Iranian Persian
Tajik маҳорат

مَهارَت (mahârat) (plural مَهارَت‌ها (mahârat-hâ))

  1. skill; know-how
    • c. 1330, Awḥadī Marāğa'ī, “Ghazal 707”, in دیوان اوحدی [The Dīvān of Awḥadī]‎:
      بر دل شیفته هجر تو جفاها کرده
      از تن سوخته مهر تو مهارت برده
      bar dil-i šēfta hajr-i tu jafā-hā karda
      az tan-i sōxta mihr-i tu mahārat burda
      Your departure wrought torment on the lovesick heart;
      Your affections brought skill to the love-burnt body.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Descendants

  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: महारत (mahārat)
    Urdu: مہارت (mahārat)

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