شاگرد

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian شاگرد (šâgerd).

Noun

شاگرد (şagird)

  1. pupil, student
  2. novice, apprentice

Descendants

  • Turkish: şakirt
  • Serbo-Croatian: šègrt / шѐгрт

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (hšʾklt' /hašāgird/, disciple, pupil). Akin to Old Armenian աշակերտ (ašakert), Aghwan 𐔰𐕐𐔰𐕙𐕄𐔴𐕜 (ašarḳeṭ), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /ʃɔˈɡiɾd̪/

Noun

شاگرد (šâgerd) (plural شاگردان (šâgerdân) or شاگردها (šâgerd-hâ))

  1. pupil, student, scholar (one who seeks knowledge from others)
  2. apprentice, journeyman
    Synonym: کارآموز (kâr-âmuz)
  3. (also religion) disciple, follower
  4. page, servant

Descendants

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “hašāgird”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 43

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian شاگرد (šâgerd).

Pronunciation

Noun

شاگِرْد (šāgird) m (Hindi spelling शागिर्द)

  1. pupil, disciple, apprentice

References

  • شاگرد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • شاگرد”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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