شاگرد

See also: شاكرد

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (hšʾklt' /⁠hašāgird⁠/, “disciple, pupil”), from Proto-Iranian *hašā-kr̥táh-. The first component is from Proto-Iranian *hu-šāk-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsu- (“good”) + Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”), while the latter component is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥tás (“done, made”). Akin to Old Armenian աշակերտ (ašakert), Aghwan 𐔰𐕐𐔰𐕙𐕄𐔴𐕜 (ašarḳeṭ), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.ˈɡiɾð̪]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.ɡɪ́ɾd̪̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.ɡɪ́ɾd̪̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.ɡɪ́ɾd̪̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃɔː.ɡíɾd̪̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɒː.ɡʲéɹd̪̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɔ.ɡíɾd̪̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	šāgiɾd
Dari reading?	šāgiɾd
Iranian reading?	šâgeɾd
Tajik reading?	šogiɾd

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

شاگِرْد • (šâgerd) (plural شاگردان (šâgerdân) or شاگردها (šâgerd-hâ))

1. pupil, student, scholar (one who seeks knowledge from others, also used for martial arts students or members of any sports club)
2. apprentice, journeyman

   Synonym: کارآموز (kâr-âmuz)

3. (also religion) disciple, follower
4. page, servant

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: şagird
• → Bashkir: шәкерт (şəkert)
• → Bengali: শাগরেদ (śagred)
• → Georgian: შეგირდი (šegirdi)
• → Gujarati: શાગિર્દ (śāgird)
• → Hindi: शागिर्द (śāgird)
• → Urdu: شاگِرْد (śāgird)
• → Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: şagirt, şagird

• → Ottoman Turkish: شاكرد (şâkird)
  • Turkish: şakirt
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: шѐгрт

    Latin script: šègrt

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَاگِرْد (šāgird). First attested in c. 1635 as Middle Hindi شاگِرْد (śagrd).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃɑː.ɡɪɾd̪/
• Rhymes: -ɪɾd̪
• Hyphenation: شا‧گِرْد

Noun

شاگِرْد • (śāgird) m (Hindi spelling शागिर्द)

1. pupil, disciple, apprentice

   Synonym: طالِبِ عِلْم (tālib-i 'ilm)

2. servant; helper

Further reading

• “شاگرد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “شاگرد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شاگرد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.