# درخت
## Khalaj
### Noun

دِرَخت (diraxt or dirəxt) (definite accusative دِرَختی or دِرَختؽ, plural دِرَختلَر or دِرَختلار)
* Arabic spelling of diraxt, dirəxt (“tree”)

#### Declension
## 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: [da.ˈɾaxt], [di.ˈɾaxt]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪ä.ɾǽxt̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪ä.ɾǽxt̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [d̪ä.ɾǽxt̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [d̪ä.ɾǽxt̪]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [d̪æ.ɹǽxt̪], [d̪e.ɹǽxt̪]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [d̪ä.ɾǽχt̪]
* Audio; [deˈɾæʀ̥tʰ]:(file)

### Noun

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

Borrowed from Classical Persian درخت (daraxt).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /d̪ə.ɾəxt̪/
* Hyphenation: دَ‧رَخت

### Noun

درخت • (daraxt) m (Hindi spelling दरख़्त)
* 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.