different between erw vs erd

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh erw.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /??ru/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?e?ru/, /??ru/

Noun

erw (plural erws or erwau)

1. (historical) A medieval Welsh unit of surface area equal to 11664 sq ft, or about ¼ acre.

Anagrams

• Rew, WER, rew, wer

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *arw? (compare Breton erv, Cornish erow), from Proto-Indo-European *h?erh?-wo- (“plowable”) (compare Old Irish arbor, Latin arvum).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /??ru/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?e?ru/, /??ru/

Noun

erw f (plural erwau)

1. acre

   Synonyms: acer, cyfair

2. (obsolete) medieval Welsh unit of surface area equal to 11664 sq. ft. or about ¹?₄ acre

Mutation

References

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “erw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

English

Etymology

From Middle English erd (“native land or region; homeland, abode; dwelling or home”), from Old English eard (“native place, country, region, dwelling-place, estate, cultivated ground, earth, land”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d/

Noun

erd

1. (dialect, rare) Alternative form of earth

Anagrams

• -red, DRE, Der, Der., EDR, RED, Red, der, red

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English eard (“land, country, region; dwelling, home”), from Proto-Germanic *arþiz.

Alternative forms

• ard, arde, urde

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rd/, /ard/

Noun

erd (plural erdes)

1. Native land, homeland, home
   • The Owl and the Nightingale:

     Ich fare hom to min Erde.

   • Cleanness:

     ... ever hade ben an erde of erþe þe swettest.

   • Wars of Alexander:

     Excludit out of his erd.

Related terms

• Middle English: art (“locality, district”)

Etymology 2

From Old English eard (“nature, kind”), from Proto-Germanic *ardiz. Often regarded as the selfsame word above, used in a different sense.

Noun

erd (plural erdes)

1. character; nature; disposition

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (?ar?), from Proto-Semitic *?ar??-.

Noun

erd ?

1. Earth (planet)
2. ground, earth

Further reading

• Jaba, Auguste; Justi, Ferdinand (1879) Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) , “erd”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 177b

Zazaki

Etymology

Borrowing from Arabic ?????? (?ar?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???d]
• Hyphenation: erd

Noun

erd m

1. ground
2. earth