خریدار

Persian

Etymology

خرید (xarid, past stem of خریدن (xaridan)) +‎ ـار (-âr).

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xa.ɾiː.ðɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.ɾiː.d̪ɑːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.ɾiː.d̪ɑːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xä.ɾiː.d̪ɑːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xä.ɾi.d̪ɔːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xæ.ɹiː.d̪ɒːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χä.ɾi.d̪ɔɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	xarīḏār
Dari reading?	xarīdār
Iranian reading?	xaridâr
Tajik reading?	xaridor

Noun

Dari	خَریدار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	харидор

خریدار • (xaridâr)

1. buyer; purchaser; customer

   Synonym: مشتری (moštari)

   Coordinate term: فروشنده (forušande, “seller”)

   • c. 1580, Vahshī Bāfqī, “شرح پریشانی”, in گزیده اشعار [Selected Poems]‎^[1]:

     اول آن کس که خریدار شدش من بودم
     باعث گرمی بازار شدش من بودم

     awwal ân kas ki xarîdâr šud-aš man bûdam
     bâ'is-i garmî-yi bâzâr šud-aš man bûdam

     The first to become the customer for her [love] was me
     The source of the briskness in the market for her [love] was me.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. (metonymically) demand; market demand

   این کالا خریدار دارد. ― in kâlâ xaridâr dârad. ― This product is in demand.

Descendants

• → Bengali: খরিদ্দার (khoriddar)
• → Chagatai: خریدار
  • Uyghur: خېرىدار (xëridar)
  • Uzbek: xaridor
    • → Kyrgyz: кардар (kardar)
• → Hindustani: xarīdār

  Hindi: ख़रीदार

  Urdu: خریدار

• → Pashto: خريدار (xarīdār)