ارد

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭫𐭲𐭩 (ʾlty /⁠ard⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎫 (a-r-t /⁠r̥taʰ⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *Hr̥táh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hr̥tás. Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬴𐬀 (aṣ̌a, “truth”), Sanskrit ऋत (ṛtá, “fixed order, truth”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaɾð], [ʔiɾð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɹd̪], [ʔɪɹd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɹd̪], [ʔɪɹd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäɹd̪], [ʔɪɹd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäɹd̪̥], [ʔiɹd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæɹd̪̥], [ʔeɹd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɹd̪], [ʔiɹd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	ard, ird
Dari reading?	ard, ird
Iranian reading?	ard, erd
Tajik reading?	ard, ird

Noun

ارد • (ard or erd)

1. (obsolete) twenty-fifth day of the month
   • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The Reign of Shāpūr”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎^[1]:

     یکی شارستان نام شاپور گرد
     برآورد و پرداخت در روز ارد

     yakē šāristān nām šāpūr gird
     bar-āward u pardāxt dar rōz-i ird

     A city, by the name of Shāpūr-gird,
     He raised up and erected, on the twenty-fifth day.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

Proper noun

ارد • (ard)

1. (Zoroastrianism) Ard, a goddess and divine assistant of Spenta Armaiti, thought to preside over the twenty-fifth day
   • 1800s?, کی بهرام, در صفت دوازده امام و چهارده معصوم گویم‎^[2], published 1942:

     نهم عزیز چو ارد ایزد و دهم اشتاد
     بهوش باش که گفتم اگر تو نادانی

     nohom aziz čo ard izad o dahom aštâd
     be huš bâš ke goftam agar to nâdân-i

     Since the ninth dear one is the divine Ard and the tenth is Ashtad,
     Be aware that I have told you, if you did not know!