زمرد

Arabic

زُمُرُّد

Etymology

From Persian زمرد (zomorrod), from earlier ازمرد (ozmorod), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾwzmbwlt /⁠uzumburd⁠/), from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos). Doublet of زَبَرْجَد (zabarjad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zu.mur.rud/

Noun

زُمُرُّد • (zumurrud) m

1. emerald

Declension

Declension of noun زُمُرُّد (zumurrud)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زُمُرُّد zumurrud	الزُّمُرُّد az-zumurrud	زُمُرُّد zumurrud
Nominative	زُمُرُّدٌ zumurrudun	الزُّمُرُّدُ az-zumurrudu	زُمُرُّدُ zumurrudu
Accusative	زُمُرُّدًا zumurrudan	الزُّمُرُّدَ az-zumurruda	زُمُرُّدَ zumurruda
Genitive	زُمُرُّدٍ zumurrudin	الزُّمُرُّدِ az-zumurrudi	زُمُرُّدِ zumurrudi

Derived terms

• زُمُرُّدِيّ (zumurrudiyy)

See also

• زَبَرْجَد (zabarjad, “peridot”)

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Dari زمرد (zamarrud)

Noun

زمرد • (zamurrúd) m

1. emerald

References

• “زمرد”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.

Persian

زمرد

Etymology

From Early New Persian ازمرد (uzmurud), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾwzmbwlt /⁠uzumburd⁠/), from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos). Compare Old Armenian զմրուխտ (zmruxt), Old Georgian ზურმუხტი (zurmuxṭi), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [zu.muɾ.ˈɾuð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zä.mär.rʊ́d̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zä.mär.rʊ́d̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zä.mär.rʊ́d̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zä.mär.rúd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zo.moɹ.ɹód̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zu.muɾ.ɾǽd̪], [zum.ɾǽd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	zumurruḏ
Dari reading?	zamarrud
Iranian reading?	zomorrod
Tajik reading?	zumurrad, zumrad

Noun

Dari	زمرد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	зумуррад, зумрад

زمرد • (zomorrod)

1. emerald

Related terms

• زمردی (zomorrodi)

Descendants

• → Arabic: زُمُرُّد (zumurrud)
  • → Malay: zamrud
  • → Somali: sumurud
  • → Swahili: zumaridi
• → Azerbaijani: zümrüd
• → Bengali: জমরুদ (zômrud)
• → Kazakh: зүмірет (zümıret)
• → Northern Kurdish: zimrûd
• → Mandarin: 祖母綠／祖母绿 (zǔmǔlǜ), 祖母绿 (zǔmǔlǜ)
• → Ottoman Turkish: زمرد (zümrüd, zümrüt)

  > Turkish: zümrüt (inherited)

  → Middle Armenian: զմրութ (zmrutʻ)

  > Armenian: զմրութ (zmrutʻ) (inherited)

• → Indonesian: zamrud
• → Lithuanian: zomorudas
• → Russian: изумру́д (izumrúd), зиморо́док (zimoródok)
• → Ukrainian: ізумру́д (izumrúd)
• → Chagatai:

  Uyghur: زۇمرەت (zumret)

  Uzbek: zumrad

References

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