کرت

Persian

Etymology 1

Unknown.

According to the 1390s chronicle فُتوحاتِ میرانشاهی (fotuhât-e mirânšâhi, “Conquests of Miran Shah”), the word is an obscure word meaning شکافتن (šekâftan, “to split; to destroy”). The Kart founder is said to have fought viciously as a commander for the Mongols in a battle against the Khwarazmshah, during which the Khwarazmians said آن غوری کرت است (ân ğuri kart ast, “This Ghurid is kart”), whence the name.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kaɾt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäɹt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäɹt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰäɹt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰäɹt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæɹt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäɹt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	kart
Dari reading?	kart
Iranian reading?	kart
Tajik reading?	kart

Noun

کَرت • (kart)

1. (historical) Kartid (member of a dynasty that ruled Khurasan in the 1200s and 1300s, related to the Ghurids)

   Synonym: کرتی (karti)

Usage notes

• After the extinction of the dynasty, the correct vocalism of the word was forgotten until the 1900s, and the word was sometimes mistakenly vocalized as کُرت (kort) or کِرت (kert).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French Crète.

Pronunciation

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲe.ɹet̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kɾit̪]

Readings
Iranian reading?	keret
Tajik reading?	krit

Noun

کرت • (keret) (Iran)

Dari	کریت
Iranian Persian	کرت
Tajik	Крит

1. Crete (an island in the Mediterranean, and the largest in Greece)

   Synonym: (archaic) اقریطس (eqritos)

Derived terms

• کرتی (kereti, “Cretan”)