شرکت

See also: شركت and شركة

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic شِرْكَة (širka).

Noun

شرکت • (širkát) m

1. company, society
2. partnership, fellowship, participation

References

• Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “شرکت”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press
• “شرکت”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شِرْكَة (širka).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃiɾ.ˈkat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɪɾ.kʰǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɪɾ.kʰǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃɪɾ.kʰǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃiɾ.kʰǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃeɹ.kʰʲǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃiɾ.kʰǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	širkat
Dari reading?	širkat
Iranian reading?	šerkat
Tajik reading?	širkat

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	شرکت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ширкат

شِرْکَت • (šerkat) (plural شرکت‌ها (šerkat-hâ))

1. company, firm

   شرکت دولتی ― šerkat-e dowlati ― state-owned firm

   شرکت‌ بزرگ بین المللی ― šerkat-e bozorg-e beyn-ol-melali ― large international company

2. participation, taking part

   او در جنگ شرکت داشت. ― u dar jang šerkat dâšt. ― S/he participated in the war.

   در امتحان شرکت کردم. ― dar emtehân šerkat kardam. ― I took the exam.

3. association

Derived terms

compound verbs

• شرکت جستن (šerkat jostan)
• شرکت داشتن (šerkat dâštan)
• شرکت کردن (šerkat kardan, “to participate, to take part”)

 

other

• شرکتی (šerkati, “relating to a company”)

 

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: şirkət
• → Crimean Tatar: şirket
• Kurdish:

  → Northern Kurdish: şirket

• → Pashto: شرکت (šerkát)
• → Uyghur: شىركەت (shirket)
• → Uzbek: shirkat
• → Tatar: ширкәт (şirkät)