پولاد

See also: بولاد

Persian

Alternative forms

• فولاد (fulâd)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (pwlʾpt'), 𐫛𐫇𐫓𐫀𐫇𐫅 (pwlʾwd /⁠pōlāwad⁠/). Probably from Old Persian *paurāvat-/*paurāvatī (meaning: “(equipped) with sharp metal blade”). Cognate with Iranian borrowing Old Armenian պողովատ (połovat), պողոպատ (połopat).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [poː.ˈlɑːð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰoː.lɑ́ːd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰoː.lɑ́ːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰoː.lɑ́ːd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰʊː.lɔ́ːd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰuː.lɒ́ːd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɵ.lɔ́d̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	pōlāḏ
Dari reading?	pōlād
Iranian reading?	pulâd
Tajik reading?	pülod

Noun

Dari	پولاد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	пӯлод

پولاد • (pōlād) (Classical Persian Transliteration)

1. Early Classical form of فولاد (fulâd, “steel”)

Derived terms

• پولادبازو (pōlād-bāzū)
• پولادخای (pōlād-xāy)
• پولاددست (pōlād-dast)
• پولادرنگ (pōlād-rang)
• پولادرگ (pōlād-rag)
• پولادریز (pōlād-rīz)
• پولادریزی (pōlād-rīzī)
• پولادسای (pōlād-sāy)
• پولادسم (pōlād-sum)
• پولادسنب (pōlād-sunb)
• پولادسنج (pōlād-sanj)
• پولادمیخ (pōlād-mīx)
• پولادنعل (pōlād-na'l)
• پولادوار (pōlād-wār)
• پولادپوش (pōlād-pōš)
• پولادگداز (pōlād-gudāz)
• پولادگدازی (pōlād-gudāzī)
• پولادی (pōlādī)
• پولادین (pōdīn)

 

Descendants

• → Arabic: فُولَاذ (fūlāḏ), بُولَاد (būlād)
  • Andalusian Arabic: فُولَاذ
  • Egyptian Arabic: بولاد (bulād)
• → Aramaic:
  • Classical Syriac: ܦܘܠܕ (pūlāḏ)
• → Azerbaijani: polad
• → Bashkir: Булат (Bulat)
• → Buryat: булад (bulad)
• → Chagatai:
  • Uyghur:

    Arabic script: پولات (polat)

    Cyrillic script: полат (polat)

  • Uzbek:

    Cyrillic script: пўлат (poʻlat)

    Latin script: poʻlat

• → Georgian: ფოლადი (poladi)
  • → Bats: ფოლად (polad)
  • → Mingrelian: ფოლანდი (polandi), ფულანდი (pulandi)
  • → Svan: ფოლა̈დ (poläd)
• → Gujarati: પોલાદ (polād)
• → Hebrew: פלדה (pladá)
• → Kazakh:

  Arabic script: بولات

  Cyrillic script: болат (bolat)

• → Kyrgyz: болот (bolot)
• → Middle Armenian: փոլատ (pʻolat), փօլատ (pʻōlat)
• → Middle Mongol:
  • Classical Mongolian: ᠪᠣᠯᠤᠳ (bolud)
    • Mongolian:

      Mongolian script: ᠪᠣᠯᠤᠳ (bolud)

      Cyrillic script: болд (bold)

  • → Chinese: 孛羅／孛罗 (Bóluó)
  • → Written Oirat: ᡋᡆᠯᡆᡑ (bolod)
    • Kalmyk: болд (bold)
• → Ossetian: болат (bolat) (via Turkic)
• → Russian: булат (bulat) (via Turkic)
  • → English: bulat
• → Ottoman Turkish: پولاد (pûlâd, polâd)
  • Turkish: polat
• Siberian Turkic (via Kipchak or Mongolic):
  • → Khakas: молат (molat)
  • → Shor: молат (molat)
  • → Northern Altai: полот (polot)
  • → Tofa: болат (bolat)
  • → Tuvan: болат (bolat)
• → Turkmen: polat

Proper noun

Dari	پولاد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Пӯлод

پولاد • (pôlâd)

1. a male given name, Poulad, Poolad

Descendants

• → Bashkir: Булат (Bulat), Бикбулат (Bikbulat)
• → Kazakh: Болат (Bolat)
• → Kyrgyz: Болот (Bolot)
• → Turkish: Polat
• → Uyghur: پولات (polat)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “pōlāwad”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 69
• Hassandoust, Mohammad (2014), “پولاد”, in فرهنگ ریشه‌شناختی زبان فارسی (Etymological Dictionary of Persian), Volume 2, Tehran, Iran: گروه نشر آثار فرهنگستان زبان و ادب فارسی (Academy of Persian Language and Literature Press), p. 751