کرت

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Etymology edit

Unknown.

According to the 1390s chronicle (fotuhât-e mirânšâhi, “Conquests of Miran Shah”), the word is an obscure word meaning (šekâftan, “to split; to destroy”). The Kart founder is said to have fought viciously as a commander for the Mongols in a battle against the Khwarazmshah, during which the Khwarazmians said (ân ğuri kart ast, “This Ghurid is kart”), whence the name.

Pronunciation edit

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kaɾt]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäɹt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰäɹt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰäɹt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæɹt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäɹt̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kart
Dari reading^?	kart
Iranian reading^?	kart
Tajik reading^?	kart

Noun edit

کَرت • (kart)

(historical) Kartid (member of a dynasty that ruled Khurasan in the 1200s and 1300s, related to the Ghurids)
Synonym: کرتی (karti)

Usage notes edit

After the extinction of the dynasty, the correct vocalism of the word was forgotten until the 1900s, and the word was sometimes mistakenly vocalized as (kort) or (kert).