کردگار

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (krtkʾl /⁠kardagār⁠/), 𐫐𐫏𐫡𐫅𐫃𐫀𐫡 (kyrdgʾr /⁠kardagār⁠/). Related to modern (kardan, “to do”), and to Old Armenian քրտիկար (kʻrtikar, “creator”) borrowed from Middle Persian.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /kiɾ.di.ˈɡaːɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɪɾ.d̪ɪ.ɡɑ́ːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɪɾ.d̪ɪ.ɡɑ́ːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰiɾ.d̪i.ɡɔ́ːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲeɹ.d̪e.ɡɒ́ːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰiɾ.d̪i.ɡɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kirdigār
Dari reading^?	kirdigār
Iranian reading^?	kerdegâr
Tajik reading^?	kirdigor


Iranian Persian	کردگار
Dari	کردگار
Tajik	кирдигор

Noun

کردگار • (kerdegâr)

God, the Creator
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3750:
  باز گو ای باز عرش خوش شکار
  تا چه دیدی این زمان از کردگار
  bāz gō ay bāz-i 'arsh xōš šikār
  tā či dīdī īn zamān az kirdigār
  Tell it forth, O falcon of the empyrean that findest goodly prey,
  that (I may know) what thou hast seen at this time from the Maker.

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “کردگار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul