شرکت

See also: شركت and شركة

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic شِرْكَة (širka).

Noun

شرکت • (širkát) m

References

Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “شرکت”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press
“شرکت”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شِرْكَة (širka).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃiɾ.ˈkat/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɪɾ.kʰǽt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃɪɾ.kʰǽt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃiɾ.kʰǽt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃeɹ.kʰʲǽt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃiɾ.kʰǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	širkat
Dari reading^?	širkat
Iranian reading^?	šerkat
Tajik reading^?	širkat

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun


Iranian Persian	شرکت
Dari	شرکت
Tajik	ширкат

شِرْکَت • (šerkat) (plural شرکت‌ها)

company, firm
― šerkat-e dowlati ― state-owned firm

― šerkat-e bozorg-e beyn-ol-melali ― large international company
participation, taking part
― u dar jang šerkat dâšt. ― S/he participated in the war.

― dar emtehân šerkat kardam. ― I took the exam.
association

Derived terms

compound verbs

شرکت جستن (šerkat jostan)
شرکت داشتن (šerkat dâštan)
شرکت کردن (šerkat kardan, “to participate, to take part”)

other

شرکتی (šerkati, “relating to a company”)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: şirkət
→ Crimean Tatar: şirket
→ Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: şirket
→ Pashto: شرکت (šerkát)
→ Uyghur: شىركەت (shirket)
→ Urdu: شِرْکَت (śirkat)
→ Uzbek: shirkat
→ Tatar: ширкәт (şirkät)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (šerkat), from Arabic شِرْكَة (širka).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃɪɾ.kət̪/

Noun

شِرْکَت • (śirkat) m (Hindi spelling शिर्कत)

contribution, role
Synonyms: یوگْدان (yogdān), کِرْدار (kirdār)

Declension

Declension of **شرکت**
	singular	plural
direct	شرکت (śirkat)	شرکتیں (śirkatẽ)
oblique	شرکت (śirkat)	شرکتوں (śirkatõ)
vocative	شرکت (śirkat)	شرکتو (śirkato)