See also: كرد, گرڈ, and گرد

Mazanderani edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

کرد (kërd)

  1. shepherd

Persian edit

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? kurd
Dari reading? kurd
Iranian reading? kord
Tajik reading? kurd

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwrt /⁠kurd⁠/), of uncertain origin, assumed from Proto-Indo-European *kerdʰ- (herd).

Noun edit

کرد (kord) (plural کردان (kordân) or اکراد (akrâd))

  1. (obsolete) nomad
    • 1224-1228, Yaqut al-Hamawi, Mu’jam ul-Buldān (Persian translation)
      گروهی از اکراد در کوههای میان اصفهان و خوزستان و این نواحی بدیشان شناخته آید و بلاد لر خوانند و هم لرستان و لور گویند.
      goruh-i az akrâd dar kuh-hâ-ye muyân-e esfehân o xuzestân, o in navâhi bedišân šenâxte âyad o balad lor xânand o ham lorestân o lur guyand.
      [ Lurs are ] a group of nomads who live in the mountains between Isfahan and Khuzestan and these territories are known to be theirs and they are called the Lur people and they are also called “Luristan” and “Lur”.

Etymology 2 edit

Apparently identical to the above word for a “herder”. More at Kurds.

Noun edit

کرد (kord) (plural کردان (kordân) or کردها (kord-hâ))

  1. Kurd

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? kard
Dari reading? kard
Iranian reading? kard
Tajik reading? kard

Verb edit

کرد (kard)

  1. past stem of کردن (kardan)

References edit

  • کرد”, in Langenscheidt Universal-Wörterbuch Persisch, München: Langenscheidt, 2002, →ISBN