# زرد
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

زَرَدَ • (zarada) I (non-past يَزْرُدُ (yazrudu), verbal noun زَرْد (zard))
* to choke, to strangle
* to gulp, to swallow, to devour

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From an early West Iranian source, probably via Aramaic זַרְדָּא / ܙܰܪܕܳܐ (zarədā). See Persian زره (zere) for more.

#### Noun

زَرَد • (zarad) m (plural زُرُود (zurūd))
* chainmail, coat of mail

##### Derived terms

* ز ر د (z r d)
** زَرَدَة (zarada)
** مُزَرَّد (muzarrad)
** زَرَّاد (zarrād, “who makes coats of mail”)
** زِرَادَة (zirāda, “art of making coats of mail”)

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

زَرْد • (zard) m
* verbal noun of زَرَدَ (zarada) (form I)

##### Declension
## Baluchi
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Iranian *jŕ̥dayam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰŕ̥dayam, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.
Compare Avestan 𐬰𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛 (zərəd), Persian دل (del), old Mazanderani زیله (zila) Sanskrit हृदय (hṛdaya), Armenian սիրտ (sirt), and English heart.
Doublet of دل, which is from the same root but borrowed from Persian.

#### Noun

زرد • (zird)
* (anatomy) heart
* conscience (sense of right and wrong)

##### Synonyms

* (heart): دل (dil)
* (conscience): باتن (báten)

### Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”). Related to Baluchi زر (zar, “gold, money”). Compare Old Church Slavonic злато (zlato, “gold”), Latvian zelts, English gold.

#### Adjective

زرد • (zard)
* yellow

##### Derived terms

* زردی (zardi, “yellowness”)

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

From Persian زرد (zard).

#### Adjective

زرد • (zerd)
* yellow
    Synonyms: صری (sarı), اصفر (asfer)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: zerd

### Etymology 2

From Arabic زَرْد (zard).

#### Noun

زرد • (zerd)
* strangling
* suffocation

### Further reading

* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زرد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1007a

## Persian
### Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (zlt' /⁠zard⁠/, “yellow”). Related to زر (zar, “gold”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [zaɾð]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [zäɹd̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [zäɹd̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [zäɹd̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [zäɹd̪̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [zæɹd̪̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [zäɹd̪]

### Adjective

زرد • (zard)
* yellow

#### Related terms

* زردآلو (zard-âlu)
* زردک (zardak)

### See also

Colors in Persian · رَنْگ‌هَا (rang-hâ) (layout · text) :
| سِفید (sefid) | خَاکِسْتَری (xâkestari), توسی (tusi) | سِیَاه (siyâh), مِشْکی (meški) |
| سُرْخ (sorx), قِرْمِز (ğermez); زِرِشْکی (zereški) | نَارِنْجی (nârenji); قَهْوِه‌ای (ğahve-i), بور (bur) | زَرْد (zard); کِرِم (kerem) |
| سَبْزِ لیمویی (sabz-e limuyi) | سَبْز (sabz) | |
| آبیِ دَرْیَایی (âbi-ye daryâyi); سَبْزِ دودی (sabz-e dudi), فیروزِه‌ای (firuze-i) | لَاجْوَرْدی (lâjvardi) | آبی (âbi), سُرْمِه‌ای (sorme-i) |
| بَنَفْش (banafš); نیلی (nili) | سُرْخَابی (sorxâbi); اَرْغَوَانی (arğavâni) | صورَتی (surati) |
Colors in Persian · رَنْگ‌هَا (rang-hā) (layout · text) :
| سَفید (safēd) | خَاکِسْتَرِی (xākistarī), فولَادِی (fōlādī) | سِیَاه (siyāh), مُشْکِی (muškī) |
| سُرْخ (surx); قِرْمِزِی (qirmizī) | نَارَنْجِی (nāranjī); نَسْوَارِی (naswārī), بور (bōr), قَهْوَه‌یِی (qahwa-yī) | زَرْد (zard); کِرِیمِی (kirīmī) |
| سَبْزِ لِیمُویِی (sabz-i līmūyī) | سَبْز (sabz) | سَبْزِ آبِی (sabz-i ābī) |
| آبِیِ دَرْیَایِی (ābī-yi daryāyī); سَبْزِ دُودِی (sabz-i dūdī), فیروزَه‌یِی (fērōza-yī) | آسْمَانِی (āsmānī) | آبِی (ābī), آبِیِ تِیرَه (ābī-yi tīra) |
| بِنَفْش (binafš); نِیلِی (nīlī) | سُرْخَابِی (surxābī); اَرْغَوَانِی (arğawānī), بَانْجَانِی (bānjānī) | گُلَابِی (gulābī) |

## Sindhi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زرد (zard).

### Adjective

زرد • (zardu)
* yellow

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زرد (zard).

### Adjective

زرد • (zard) (Hindi spelling ज़र्द)
* yellow

#### Synonyms

* پیلا (pīlā)

#### Derived terms

* زردہ (zardā)