امرود

Khalaj

Noun

اَمرود (amrût) (definite accusative اَمرودوُ, plural اَمرودلار)

1. Arabic spelling of amrût (“pear”)

Declension

Declension of امرود

	singular	plural
nominative	امرود	امرودلار
genitive	امرودؽݧ	امرودلارؽݧ
dative	امرودقا	امرودلارقا
definite accusative	امرودؽ	امرودلارؽ
locative	امرودچا	امرودلارچا
ablative	امروددا	امرودلاردا
instrumental	امرودلا	امرودلارلا
equative	امرودوارا	امرودلاروارا

Persian

Alternative forms

• امبرود (ambarud), امبروت (ambarut), امبرو (ambaru) (archaic)
• ارمود (armud), امروت (amrut), ارموت (armut) (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (/umrōd/, /ambrōd/, /umbrōd/, /anbarōt/), Old Persian [script needed] (*umrūta), ultimately from a Caucasian substrate. Compare Elamite 𒌝𒊒𒁕 (/⁠umruda, umruta⁠/, “pear”), Central Kurdish ھەرمێ (hermê, “pear”).

Noun

امرود • (amrud)

1. pear
2. guava

Descendants

• → Arabic: عَنْبَرُوت (ʕanbarūt)
• → Bashkir: армыт
• → Gujarati: અમરૂદ (amarūd), અમરૂત (amarūt)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: अमरूद (amrūd)

  Urdu: امرود (amrūd)

• → Kazakh: алмұрт (almūrt)
• → Khalaj: amrût
• → Kyrgyz: алмурут (almurut)
• → Tatar: армут (armut)
• → Old Anatolian Turkish: ارمد (armud), امرود (amrud, emrud)
  • Azerbaijani: armud
  • Ottoman Turkish: آرمود (armut)
    • Turkish: armut
    • → Armenian: արմուտ (armut)
    • → Yemenite, Iraqi, Syrian and Gulf Arabic: عَرْمُوط (ʕarmūṭ)
• → Romani: ambrol
• → Turkmen: armyt
• → Uyghur: ئامۇت (amut)
• → Uzbek: olmur

References

• Rossi, Adriano (2015) “Thirty-two More Pears For Uwe”, in Festschrift für Uwe Bläsing anläßlich seines 60. Geburtstags‎^[2], Göttingen/İstanbul: Kizap Matbaası, pages 335–342

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian امرود (amrūd).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /əm.ɾuːd̪/
• Rhymes: -uːd̪

Noun

امرود • (amrūd) m (Hindi spelling अमरूद)

1. guava (fruit)

Declension

Declension of امرود
	singular	plural
direct	امرود (amrūd)	امرود (amrūd)
oblique	امرود (amrūd)	امرودوں (amrūdō̃)
vocative	امرود (amrūd)	امرودو (amrūdō)

Alternative forms

• امروت (amrūt)