مهارت

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَهَارَة (mahāra).

Pronunciation

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

(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


Iranian Persian	مهارت
Dari	مهارت
Tajik	маҳорат

مَهارَت • (mahârat) (plural مَهارَت‌ها (mahârat-hâ))

skill; know-how
- c. 1330, Awḥadī Marāğa'ī, “Ghazal 707”, in دیوان اوحدی [The Dīvān of Awḥadī]‎:
  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: mahārat
Hindi: महारत

Urdu: مہارت

Further reading

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

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