مهارت

Persian

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic مَهَارَة (mahāra).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? mahārat
    Dari reading? mahārat
    Iranian reading? mahârat
    Tajik reading? mahorat

    Noun

    Dari مهارت
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik маҳорат

    مَهارَت • (mahârat) (plural مَهارَت‌ها (mahârat-hâ))

    1. skill; know-how
      • c. 1330, Awḥadī Marāğa'ī, “Ghazal 707”, in دیوان اوحدی [The Dīvān of Awḥadī]‎[1]:
        بر دل شیفته هجر تو جفاها کرده
        از تن سوخته مهر تو مهارت برده
        bar dil-i šēfta hajr-i tu jafā-hā karda
        az tan-i sōxta mihr-i tu mahārat burda
        Your departure wrought torment on the lovesick heart;
        Your affections brought [their] skill to the love-burnt body.
        (Classical Persian transliteration)

    Descendants

    • Hindustani:
      Hindi: महारत (mahārat)
      Urdu: مَہَارَت (mahārat)
    • Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi script: ਮਹਾਰਤ (mahārat)
      Shahmukhi script: مَہَارَت (mahārat)
    • Tatar: мәһәрәт (mähärät)
    • Uyghur: ماھارەت (maharet)
    • Uzbek: mahorat

    Further reading