Arabic

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Not a Classical Arabic word. Possible etymologies:

  • From بَرُود (barūd, a soothing collyrium (كُحْل (kuḥl)) used against inflammation of the eye; any powdery collyrium), following common colloquial alteration between a and ā in words of the form CaCūC.
  • Via Aramaic from Armenian վառօդ (vaṙōd, gunpowder), composed of վառ (vaṙ, burning) + օդ (ōd, air). However, Ačaṙyan regards this as a folk-etymology reshaping of բարութ (barutʻ), which was ultimately borrowed from this very Arabic term.

Nomen

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بَارُود (bārūdm (uncountable)

  1. saltpetre
  2. gunpowder

Declension

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References

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  • G. S. Colin (1960) “Bārūd”, in Encyclopaedia of Islam. Second Edition, volume 1, Leiden: Brill, pages 1055–1057
  • Budagov, Lazarʹ (1869) Sravnitelʹnyj slovarʹ turecko-tatarskix narěčij [Comparative Dictionary of Turko-Tatar Dialects] (in Russian), volume I, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 224a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բարութ”, 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 428b

Persian

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Pronunciation

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Nomen

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بارود (bârud)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of باروت

Descendants

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Urdu

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Arabic بَارُود (bārūd). Doublet of باروت (bārot).

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بارود (bārūdf (Hindi spelling बारूद)

  1. gunpowder