دستبرد

Persian

Etymology

From (dast, “hand”) +‎ (burd/bord, “to take”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /dast.ˈburd/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äst̪.bʊ́ɹd̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪äst̪.bʊ́ɹd̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪äst̪.búɹd̪̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æst̪ʰ.bóɹd̪̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äst̪.búɹd̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	dastburd
Dari reading^?	dastburd
Iranian reading^?	dastbord
Tajik reading^?	dastburd

Noun

دستبرد • (dastburd / dastbord) (Tajik spelling дастбурд)

robbery; also figurative.
― dastbord-e havâdes ― the ravages of various events

Further reading

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