درخت

See also: درجت

Khalaj

Noun

دِرَخت (diraxt or dirəxt) (definite accusative دِرَختی or دِرَختؽ, plural دِرَختلَر or دِرَختلار)

1. Arabic spelling of diraxt, dirəxt (“tree”)

Declension

Declension of درخت

	singular	plural
nominative	درخت	درختلار
genitive	درختؽݧ	درختلارؽݧ
dative	درختقا	درختلارقا
definite accusative	درختؽ	درختلارؽ
locative	درختچا	درختلارچا
ablative	درختدا	درختلاردا
instrumental	درختلا	درختلارلا
equative	درختوارا	درختلاروارا

Declension of درخت

	singular	plural
nominative	درخت	درختلَر
genitive	درختۆݧ	درختلَریݧ
dative	درختکه	درختلَرکه
definite accusative	درختۆ	درختلَری
locative	درختچه	درختلَرچه
ablative	درختده	درختلَرده
instrumental	درختله	درختلَرله
equative	درختوارا	درختلَروارا

Persian

Alternative forms

• درخد (deraxd) (dialectal, Hamadan)

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 Vedic Sanskrit दारुष् (dāruṣ), 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]

• (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

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Noun

Dari	درخت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дарахт

درخت • (deraxt, daraxt) (plural درختان (deraxtân, daraxtân) or درخت‌ها (deraxt-hâ, daraxt-hâ))

1. tree

Derived terms

• درخت‌نشانی (daraxt-nešâni, “tree planting, forestation”)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: દરખત (darkhat)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: दरख़्त (daraxt)

  Urdu: درخت (daraxt)

• → Khalaj: diraxt
• → Kyrgyz: дарак (darak)
• → Punjabi:darxat

  Gurmukhi script: ਦਰਖ਼ਤ

  Shahmukhi script: درخت

• → Marwari: दरखत (darakht)
• → Uyghur: دەرەخ (derex)
• → Uzbek: daraxt

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)‎^[1], 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

دَرَخت

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian درخت (daraxt).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ə.ɾəxt̪/
• Hyphenation: دَ‧رَخت

Noun

درخت • (daraxt) m (Hindi spelling दरख़्त)

1. tree

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 T. (1884) “درخت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “درخت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.