خرد

خرد

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Persian خرد‎ (xord).

Adjective

خرد • (hurd)

1. little, small
2. petty, insignificant

Etymology 2

From Persian خرد‎ (xerad).

Noun

خرد • (hıred)

1. wisdom, intellect, sense, judgment, understanding

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (hwlt' /xwurd/, “little”), perhaps originally the past participle of [script needed] (hwltn' /xwardan/, “to eat”); for the semantic development, compare the derivation of Proto-West Germanic *biti (“bit”) from *bītan (“to bite”).[1] Compare Talysh هرد‎ (hərd), Northern Luri هیرد‎ (hird).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /xuɾd/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /xʊɾd/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /xoɾd/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /xuɾd/

Adjective

Dari	خرد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хурд (xurd)

خرد • (xord) (comparative خردتَر‎ (xord-tar), superlative خردتَرین‎ (xord-tarin))

1. little, small
2. insignificant

Related terms

• خرده‎ (xorde)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: خرد‎ (hurd)
• → Urdu: خرد‎ (xurd)
• → Urdu: خردبین‎ (xurd-bīn, “microscope”)
• → Urdu: خرد بین‎ (xurd-bīn, “microscope”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [script needed] (hlt' /xrad/). Akin to Old Armenian խրատ (xrat), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /xiɾad/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /xɪɾad/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /xeɾæd/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /xiɾad/

Noun

Dari	خرد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хирад (xirad)

خرد • (xerad)

1. wisdom, intellect, judgment, understanding

Derived terms

• خردمند‎ (xeradmand)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: خرد‎ (hıred)

References

1. Jost Gippert (2009), “An Etymological Trifle”, in Werner Sundermann, Almut Hintze, François de Blois, editors, Exegisti monumenta: Festschrift in Honour of Nicholas Sims-Williams‎, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 137-138