بارود

Etymology

Uncertain. Not a Classical Arabic word. Possible etymologies:

• From بَرُود‎ (barūd, “a soothing collyrium (kuhl) used for inflammation of the eye; any powdery collyrium”). The sound change a > ā has also been found in the words غَاسُول‎ (ḡāsūl) and فَاسُوخ‎ (fāsūḵ) in Maghrebi Arabic; see Colin (page 1057a) for more discussion.
• Via Aramaic from Armenian վառօդ (vaṙōd, “gunpowder”), but according to Ačaṙyan the latter is a reshaping of բարութ (barutʿ) by popular etymology as վառ (vaṙ, “burning”) + օդ (ōd, “air”) and its earliest attestation is in the 18th century.

Noun

بَارُود • (bārūd) m

1. saltpetre
2. gunpowder

References

• G. S. Colin, "Bārūd", Encyclopaedia of Islam, vol. 1, A-B, Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1986, →ISBN, 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, Hračʿeay (1971), “բարութ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 428b

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɒːˈɾuːd/

Noun

بارود • (bârud)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of باروت‎

Alternative forms

• باروت‎ (bārūt)

Etymology

From Arabic بَارُود‎ (bārūd).

Noun

بارود • (bārūd) f (Hindi spelling बारूद)

1. gunpowder