خریدار

Persian

Etymology

خرید‎ (xarid, past stem of خریدن‎ (xaridan)) +‎ ـار‎ (-âr).

Pronunciation
  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /xaɾidɔɾ/

Noun
Dari خَریدار
Iranian Persian
Tajik харидор (xaridor)

خریدار • (xaridâr)

  1. buyer; purchaser; customer
    Synonym: مشتری‎ (moštari)
    Coordinate term: فروشنده‎ (forušande, “seller”)
    • c. 1580, Vahshī Bāfqī, “شرح پریشانی”, in گزیده اشعار [Selected Poems]‎:
      ‏اول آن کس که خریدار شدش من بودم
      باعث گرمی بازار شدش من بودم      ‎
      awwal ân kas ki xarîdâr šud-aš man bûdam
      bâ'is-i garmî-yi bâzâr šud-aš man bûdam
      The first to become the customer for her [love] was me
      The source of the briskness in the market for her [love] was me.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  2. (metonymically) demand; market demand
    ‏این کالا خریدار دارد.‎‎ ― in kâlâ xaridâr dârad. ― This product is in demand.

Descendants
  • → Bengali: খরিদ্দার (khoriddar)
  • → Chagatai: خریدار‎
    • Uyghur: خېرىدار‎ (xëridar)
    • Uzbek: xaridor
  • → Hindustani: xarīdār
    Hindi: ख़रीदार
    Urdu: خریدار‎
  • → Pashto: خريدار‎ (xarīdār)
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