گرد (gird)
گَرد (gərd) (definite accusative گَردی, plural گَردلَر)
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”).
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; also Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙- (varət-), Khotanese (bal- /baḍ-/, “to move, writhe”), Parthian (wrt-), (wrd-), Sogdian wrtn.
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | gird |
Dari reading? | gird |
Iranian reading? | gerd |
Tajik reading? | gird |
Dari | گرد |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | гирд |
گرد • (gerd)
From Middle Persian (gard, “dust”), ultimately from the same root as the verb گَشتَن (gaštan, “to wander around”).
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | gard |
Dari reading? | gard |
Iranian reading? | gard |
Tajik reading? | gard |
گرد • (gard)
From Middle Persian (gurd, “hero”).
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | gurd |
Dari reading? | gurd |
Iranian reading? | gord |
Tajik reading? | gurd |
گرد • (gord)
From Middle Persian 𐭪𐭫𐭲 (-klt /-kirt, -gird/), from Old Persian (-kṛta, “made, done”), from Proto-Iranian *-kr̥táh, from the adjective *kr̥táh (“made, done”) (compare Avestan 𐬐𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀 (kərəta), 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”).
گرد • (-gerd or -gard)