گرد

From Proto-Iranian *gr̥Híš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gr̥Híš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-.

• IPA^(key): /ɡəɾd/

گرد (gird)

1. hill (elevated location)

گَرد (gərd) (definite accusative گَردی, plural گَردلَر)

1. Arabic spelling of gərd (“dust”)

From Middle Persian (wrd-), (wlt- /⁠ward-⁠/, “to turn, twist, writhe”), from Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎫 (vart-), from the Proto-Iranian root *wart- (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wart-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, rotate”).^[1][2]

Cognates include Sanskrit वर्तते (vártate, “to turn, roll”), Proto-Slavic *vьrtě̀ti (“to turn”), Latin vertere (“to turn”), German werden (“to turn (into), become”), English worth; also Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙- (var^ət-), Khotanese (bal- /⁠baḍ-⁠/, “to move, writhe”), Parthian (wrt-), (wrd-), Sogdian wrtn.

گرد • (gerd)

2. round, circular

• گردی (gerdi)
• گردالی (gerdàli)

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

From Middle Persian (gard, “dust”),^[3] ultimately from the same root as the verb گَشتَن (gaštan, “to wander around”).

گرد • (gard)

1. dust
2. powder

   Synonym: پودر (pudr)

• گرذ (garz) (archaic or dialectal)

• گرده (garde, “pollen”)

• → Khalaj: gərd

From Middle Persian (gurd, “hero”).^[4]

گرد • (gord)

1. hero