درخت
Khalaj
    
    Noun
    
دِرَخت (diraxt or dirəxt) (definite accusative دِرَختی or دِرَختؽ, plural دِرَختلَر or دِرَختلار)
Persian
    
    Etymology
    
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dlht'), [Book Pahlavi needed] (dlʾht'), 𐫅𐫡𐫟𐫤 (drxt /draxt/, “tree”), from Proto-Iranian *draxta- (“firmly standing”), with the first part deriving from Proto-Iranian *drag- (“to hold, strengthen”), itself related to Proto-Iranian *dā́ru (“wood, tree”) and/or Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰar- (“to hold, support”). Cognate with Parthian 𐫅𐫡𐫟𐫤 (drxt /draxt/), Baluchi درچک (diračk, “tree”). Compare also the Iranian borrowings Imperial Aramaic 𐡃𐡓𐡇𐡕𐡀 (drḥtʾ, “tree”), Old Armenian դրախտ (draxt, “garden; paradise”).
Pronunciation
    
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [da.ˈɾaxt], [di.ˈɾaxt]
 
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ä.ɾǽxt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d̪ä.ɾǽxt̪]
 - (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d̪ä.ɾǽxt̪]
 
 
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪æ.ɹǽxt̪], [d̪e.ɹǽxt̪]
 
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ä.ɾǽχt̪]
 
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | daraxt, diraxt | 
| Dari reading? | daraxt | 
| Iranian reading? | daraxt, deraxt | 
| Tajik reading? | daraxt | 
Audio [deˈɾæxtʰ] (file) 
Noun
    
| Dari | درخت | 
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | дарахт | 
درخت • (deraxt, daraxt) (plural درختان (deraxtân, daraxtân) or درختها (deraxt-hâ, daraxt-hâ))
Derived terms
    
- درختشنانی (daraxt-šenâni, “tree planting, forestation”)
 
Descendants
    
References
    
- Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 91
 - Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դրախտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 691
 - Boyce, Mary (1977) “drxt”, in A word-list of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Acta Iranica 9a, Série 3 – “Textes et mémoires”, vol. 2-supplément), with a reverse index by Ronald Zwanziger, Leiden, Tehran-Liège: E.J. Brill, Bibliothèque Pahlavi, page 35
 - Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 145
 - MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 27
 - Nyberg, H. S. (1974) A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 66
 - Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 878
 - Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 456
 
Urdu
    

Etymology
    
Borrowed from Classical Persian درخت (daraxt).
Pronunciation
    
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪ə.ɾəxt̪/
 - Hyphenation: دَ‧رَخت
 
Synonyms
    
- پیڑ (peṛ)
 
References
    
- “درخت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
 - Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “درخت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
 - Platts, John Thompson (1884) “درخت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
 - “درخت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.