مهارت
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَهَارَة (mahāra).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ma.haː.ˈɾat/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mä.ɦɑː.ɾǽt̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mæ.ɦɒː.ɹǽt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mä.ɦɔ.ɾǽt̪]
| 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))
- 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.
- bar dil-i šēfta hajr-i tu jafā-hā karda
Descendants
Further reading
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “مهارت”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press