دزد

From Middle Persian [script needed] (dwz, “thief”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *duš- (“bad, wrong”), from Proto-Indo-European *dus- (“bad, wrong”). From the same root comes also دشمن (došman, “enemy”). Cognate with Sanskrit दुस्- (dus-, “bad”), Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬱- (duš-, “bad”) and Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”).

دزد • (dozd)

1. thief

• دزدی (dozdi)

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دزد”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “دزد”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Borrowed from Classical Persian دزد (duzd), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *duš- (“bad, wrong”).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ʊzd̪/
• Rhymes: -ʊzd̪

دُزْد • (duzd) m (Hindi spelling दुज़्द)

1. thief, robber, stealer

• “دزد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “دزد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.