امرود

Persian

Alternative forms
  • امبرود‎ (ambarud), امبروت‎ (ambarut), امبرو‎ (ambaru) (archaic)
  • ارمود‎ (armud), امروت‎ (amrut), ارموت‎ (armut) (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (/umrōd/, /ambrōd/, /umbrōd/, /anbarōt/), Old Persian [script needed] (*umrūta)[1], ultimately from a Caucasian substrate. Compare Elamite 𒌝𒊒𒁕 (/umruda, umruta/, “pear”), Central Kurdish ھەرمێ‎ (hermê, “pear”).

Noun

امرود • (amrud)

  1. pear
  2. guava

Descendants
  • → Arabic: عَنْبَرُوت‎ (ʕanbarūt)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: अमरूद (amrūd)
    Urdu: امرود‎ (amrūd)
  • → Kazakh: алмұрт (almūrt)
  • → Kyrgyz: алмурут (almurut)
  • → Tatar: армут (armut)
  • → Old Anatolian Turkish: ارمد‎ (armud), امرود‎ (amrud, emrud)
    • Azerbaijani: armud
    • Ottoman Turkish: آرمود‎ (armut)
      • Turkish: armut
      • → Armenian: արմուտ (armut)
      • → Yemenite, Iraqi, Syrian and Gulf Arabic: عَرْمُوط‎ (ʕarmūṭ)
  • → Romani: ambrol
  • → Turkmen: armyt
  • → Uyghur: ئامۇت‎ (amut)
  • → Uzbek: olmur

References
  • Rossi, Adriano (2015), “Thirty-two More Pears For Uwe”, in Festschrift für Uwe Bläsing anläßlich seines 60. Geburtstags‎, Göttingen/İstanbul: Kizap Matbaası, pages 335–342
  1. Asatrian, Garnik S. (2011) A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects‎ (in Persian and English), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 30

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian امرود‎ (amrud).

Pronunciation

Noun

امرود • (amrūd) m (Hindi spelling अमरूद)

  1. guava (fruit)

Declension
Declension of امرود
singular plural
direct امرود‎ (amrūd) امرود‎ (amrūd)
oblique امرود‎ (amrūd) امرودوں‎ (amrūdō̃)
vocative امرود‎ (amrūd) امرودو‎ (amrūdō)

Alternative forms
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