شاگرد

See also: شاكرد

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (hšʾklt' /⁠hašāgird⁠/, “disciple, pupil”), from Proto-Iranian *hašā-kr̥táh-.[1] The first component is from Proto-Iranian *hu-šāk-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsu- (“good”) + Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”), while the latter component is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥tás (“done, made”).[2] Akin to Old Armenian աշակերտ (ašakert), Aghwan 𐔰𐕐𐔰𐕙𐕄𐔴𐕜 (ašarḳeṭ), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʃɑː.ɡɪ́ɾd̪̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʃɑː.ɡɪ́ɾd̪̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʃɔː.ɡíɾd̪̪]

Readings
Classical reading? šāgiɾd
Dari reading? šāgiɾd
Iranian reading? šâgeɾd
Tajik reading? šogiɾd
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

شاگِرْد • (šâgerd) (plural شاگردان, or شاگردها)[3]

  1. pupil, student, scholar (one who seeks knowledge from others, also used for martial arts students or members of any sports club)
  2. apprentice, journeyman
    Synonym: کارآموز (kâr-âmuz)
  3. (also religion) disciple, follower
  4. page, servant

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Keith Hitchins, Gocha R. Tsetskhladze, Aleksandre Gvakharia, Thea Chkeidze, Rudi Matthee, Pierre Oberling (2001) “Georgia v. Linguistic Contacts with Iranian Languages”, in Encyclopedia Iranica‎[1], archived from the original on 7 January 2024
  2. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 340-1
  3. ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “hašāgird”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 43

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَاگِرْد (šāgird). First attested in c. 1635 as Middle Hindi شاگِرْد (śagrd).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʃɑː.ɡɪɾd̪/
  • Rhymes: -ɪɾd̪
  • Hyphenation: شا‧گِرْد

Noun

شاگِرْد • (śāgird) m (Hindi spelling शागिर्द)

  1. pupil, disciple, apprentice
    Synonym: طالِبِ عِلْم (tālib-i 'ilm)
  2. servant; helper

Further reading

  • “شاگرد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “شاگرد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شاگرد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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