erd
See also: Erd, ERD, and -erd
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɜːd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɝd/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ɛɾd/
Etymology 1
A variant of earth reinforced by Middle English erd (“home”).
Noun
erd
- (dialect, rare) Alternative form of earth
Derived terms
- erd shrew
- erdvark
Etymology 2
A clipping of erd shrew.
Noun
erd
- (zoology) The common European shrew (Sorex vulgaris); the shrewmouse or erd shrew.
Anagrams
- -red, DRE, Der, Der., EDR, RDE, RED, Red, der, red
Anagrams
- -red, DRE, Der, Der., EDR, RDE, RED, Red, der, red
Middle English
Alternative forms
- ard, arde, urde
Etymology
From Old English eard (“country, home, nature”), from Proto-West Germanic *ardi, from Proto-Germanic *ardiz. Doublet of art (“locality, district”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛrd/, /ɛːrd/, /ard/
Noun
erd (plural erdes)
- Native land, homeland
- The Owl and the Nightingale:
- Ich fare hom to min Erde.
- Cleanness:
- ... ever hade ben an erde of erþe þe swettest.
- Wars of Alexander:
- Excludit out of his erd.
- The Owl and the Nightingale:
- Dwelling, home, habitation.
- Character; nature; disposition
Descendants
- English: erd (in part)
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Arabic أَرْض (ʾarḍ), from Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́-.
Noun
erd ?
- Earth (planet)
- ground, earth
Further reading
- Jaba, Auguste; Justi, Ferdinand (1879) Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “erd”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 177b
Zazaki
Etymology
Borrowing from Arabic أَرْض (ʾarḍ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛɾd]
- Hyphenation: erd
Noun
erd m
- ground
- earth