بشگرد

Persian

Alternative forms

بشگر (bišgar / bešgar)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (wškl /⁠wiškar⁠/, “hunting-ground; wilderness”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /biʃ.ˈɡard/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɪʃ.ɡáɹd̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɪʃ.ɡáɹd̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [biʃ.ɡáɹd̪̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [beʃ.ɡʲǽɹd̪̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [biʃ.ɡáɹd̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	bišgard
Dari reading^?	bišgard
Iranian reading^?	bešgard
Tajik reading^?	bišgard

Noun

بشگرد • (bišgard / bešgard) (Tajik spelling бишгард)

hunter
Synonyms: شکارگر (šikārgar / šekârgar), نخجیرگر (naxjīrgar / naxjirgar), صیاد (sayyād / sayyâd)
hunting ground
Synonyms: شکارستان (šikāristān / šekârestân), نخچیرگاه (naxčīrgāh / naxčirgâh), صیدگاه (saydgāh / seydgâh)
game, prey, quarry
Synonyms: شبالنگ (šabālang / šabâlang), شکار (šikār / šekâr), نخچیر (naxčīr / naxčir), صید (sayd / seyd)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “بشگرد”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim