زرد

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ز ر د (z r d)
2 terms

Verb

زَرَدَ (zarada) I (non-past يَزْرُدُ (yazrudu), verbal noun زَرْد (zard))

  1. to choke, to strangle
  2. to gulp, to swallow, to devour
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From an early West Iranian source, probably via Aramaic זַרְדָּא / ܙܰܪܕܳܐ (zarədā). See Persian زره (zere) for more.

Noun

زَرَد (zaradm (plural زُرُود (zurūd))

  1. chainmail, coat of mail
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

زَرْد (zardm

  1. verbal noun of زَرَدَ (zarada) (form I)
Declension

Baluchi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Iranian *jŕ̥dayam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰŕ̥dayam, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

Compare Avestan 𐬰𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛 (zərəd), Persian دل (del), old Mazanderani زیله (zila) Sanskrit हृदय (hṛdaya), Armenian սիրտ (sirt), and English heart.

Doublet of دل, which is from the same root but reborrowed from Persian.

Noun

زرد (zird)

  1. (anatomy) heart
  2. conscience (sense of right and wrong)
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (yellow, gleam, shine). Related to Baluchi زر (zar, gold, money). Compare Old Church Slavonic злато (zlato, gold), Latvian zelts, English gold.

Adjective

زرد (zard)

  1. yellow
Derived terms

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Persian زرد (zard).

Adjective

زرد (zerd)

  1. yellow
    Synonyms: صری (sarı), اصفر (asfer)
Descendants
  • Turkish: zerd

Etymology 2

From Arabic زَرْد (zard).

Noun

زرد (zerd)

  1. strangling
  2. suffocation

Further reading

Persian

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Etymology

From Middle Persian (zlt' /⁠zard⁠/, yellow). Related to زر (zar, gold).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? zard
Dari reading? zard
Iranian reading? zard
Tajik reading? zard

Adjective

Dari زرد
Iranian Persian
Tajik зард

زرد (zard)

  1. yellow

See also

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زرد (zard).

Adjective

زرد (zardu)

  1. yellow

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زرد (zard).

Adjective

زرد (zard) (Hindi spelling ज़र्द)

  1. yellow

Synonyms

Derived terms