Ottoman Turkish

Noun

شاگرد • ‎(şâgird)

1. pupil
2. novice
3. apprentice

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian hšʾklt' ‎(hašāgird, “disciple, pupil”). Akin to Old Armenian աշակերտ ‎(ašakert), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

شاگرد • ‎(šâgerd)

1. pupil
2. scholar
3. student
4. apprentice
5. disciple
6. page
7. servant

Descendants

• Azeri: şagird
• Bashkir: шәкерт ‎(šäkert)
• Georgian: შეგირდი ‎(šegirdi)
• Kurdish:
  • Northern Kurdish: şagirt, şagird
• Ottoman Turkish: شاگرد ‎(şâgird)
  • Serbo-Croatian: šegrt / шегрт

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “hašāgird”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 43