گوگرد

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (gwklt'), 𐫃𐫇𐫃𐫏𐫡𐫅 (gwgyrd /⁠gōgird⁠/, sulphur). Cognate with Sogdian 𐫄𐫇𐫐𐫤 (ɣwkt /⁠γōkət⁠/).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? gōgird
Dari reading? gōgird
Iranian reading? gugerd
Tajik reading? gügird

Noun

گوگرد • (gôgerd)

Dari گوگرد
Iranian Persian
Tajik гӯгирд
  1. sulphur, sulfur
    • 1259, Saadi Shirazi, Gulistan, chapter 3, story 21:
      گفت گوگرد پارسی خواهم بردن به چین که شنیدم قیمتی عظیم دارد []
      guft: "gôgird-i pârsî xwâham burdan ba čîn ki šanîdam qaymatê azîm dârad []
      [He] said: "I will bring Persian sulfur to China, as I have heard it is highly valued [] "
  • گوگردی (gôgerdi)
  • گوگرد سرخ (gôgerd-e sorx), گوگرد احمر (gôgerd-e ahmar, Red Sulphur, Philosopher's stone)
  • جوهر گوگرد (jowhar-e gôgerd)

Descendants

  • Ashkun: gōgir
  • Bashkir: көкөрт (kökört)
  • Chuvash: кӳкӗрт (kük̬ĕrt)
  • Georgian: გოგირდი (gogirdi)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: गोगिर्द (gogird)
    Urdu: گوگرد (gugird, gogird)
  • Kazakh: күкірт (kükırt)
  • Kyrgyz: күкүрт (kükürt)
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: [script needed] (kükürd)
    • Azerbaijani: kükürd
    • Ottoman Turkish: كوكرد (kükürd), كوكورت (kükürt)
    • Middle Armenian: քուքուրդ (kʻukʻurd), քուքուրթ (kʻukʻurtʻ)
      • Armenian: քուքուրդ (kʻukʻurd), քուքուրթ (kʻukʻurtʻ), քիւքիւրտ (kʻiwkʻiwrt), քուքուրտ (kʻukʻurt)
  • Mongolian: хүхэр (xüxer)
  • Southern Altai: кӱӱрт (küürt)
  • Tatar: күкерт (kükert)
  • Turkmen: kükürt
  • Uyghur: گۈڭگۈرت (günggürt) / گۇگۇت (gugut)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گوگرد (gōgird, gūgird).

Pronunciation

Noun

گوگرد • (gogirdf (Hindi spelling गोगिर्द)

  1. sulphur, sulfur

References