Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ز ر د (z-r-d)

Verb edit

زَرَدَ (zarada) I, non-past يَزْرُدُ‎ (yazrudu)

  1. to choke, to strangle
  2. to gulp, to swallow, to devour
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Etymology 2 edit

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

Noun edit

زَرَد (zaradm (plural زُرُود (zurūd))

  1. chainmail, coat of mail
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Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

زَرْد (zardm

  1. verbal noun of زَرَدَ (zarada) (form I)
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Baluchi edit

Etymology 1 edit

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 edit

زرد (zird)

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

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 edit

زرد (zard)

  1. yellow
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Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Persian زرد (zard).

Adjective edit

زرد (zerd)

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

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic زَرْد (zard).

Noun edit

زرد (zerd)

  1. strangling
  2. suffocation

Further reading edit

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Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

 

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

Adjective edit

Dari زرد
Iranian Persian
Tajik зард

زرد (zard)

  1. yellow

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Sindhi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian زرد (zard).

Adjective edit

زرد (zardu)

  1. yellow

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian زرد (zard).

Adjective edit

زرد (zard) (Hindi spelling ज़र्द)

  1. yellow

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