مهارت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَهَارَة (mahāra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ma.hɑː.ˈɾat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.ɦɑː.ɾǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.ɦɑː.ɾǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑːɑː.ɾǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔːɔː.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))

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: مہارت (mahārat)

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “مهارت”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press