گوگرد

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (gwklt'), 𐫃𐫇𐫃𐫏𐫡𐫅‎ (gwgyrd /gōgird/, “sulphur”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬋𐬵𐬎𐬐𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬌‎ (vōhukər^əti), Sogdian 𐫄𐫇𐫐𐫤‎ (ɣwkt /γōkət/).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡoːˈɡɪɾd/
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡuːˈɡeɾd/, [ɡuːˈɡʲeɾd]

Noun

گوگرد • (gogerd)

Dari Persian	گوگرد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	гӯгирд (gügird)

1. sulphur, sulfur
   • 1259, Saadi Shirazi, Gulistan, chapter 3, story 21:

     ‏گفت گوگرد پارسی خواهم بردن به چین که شنیدم قیمتی عظیم دارد […] ‎

     Guft: "gōgird-i Pārsī xwāham burdan ba Čīn ki šanīdam qaymatē azīm dārad […]

     [He] said: "I wil bring Persian sulfur to China, as I have heard it is highly valued […] "

Related terms

• گوگردی‎ (gôgerdi)
• گوگرد سرخ‎ (gôgerd-e sorx), گوگرد احمر‎ (gôgerd-e ahmar, “Red Sulphur, Philosopher's stone”)
• جوهر گوگرد‎ (jowhar-e gôgerd)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: kükürd
• → Bashkir: көкөрт (kökört)
• → Chuvash: кӳкӗрт (kükĕrt)
• → Georgian: გოგირდი (gogirdi)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: गोगिर्द (gogird)

  Urdu: گوگرد‎ (gugird, gogird)

• → Kazakh: күкірт (kükirt)
• → Kyrgyz: күкүрт (kükürt)
• → Ottoman Turkish: گوگرد‎ (gûgird)
• → Mongolian: хүхэр (hüher)
• → Tatar: күкерт (kükert)
• → Turkish: kükürt
• → Turkmen: kükürt
• → Uyghur: گۈڭگۈرت‎ (günggürt) / گۇگۇت‎ (gugut)

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian گوگرد‎ (gogerd).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoː.ɡɪɾd̪/

Noun

گوگرد • (gogird) f (Hindi spelling गोगिर्द)

1. sulphur, sulfur

References

• Platts, John Thompson, “[1]”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co., 1884