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gard[rt. of gardīdan; Pehl. vart˚; Zend vareṭ; S. वतर्् (वृ त् )], part. adj. & s.m. Going round, revolving; traversing, travelling or wandering over, or through, or in (used as last member of compounds, e.g. jahān-gard, 'One who has travelled over or around the world);—s.f. Dust;—the globe;—fortune:—gard uṛānā, v.n. To raise a dust:—gard-uṛā`ī, s.f. A tax formerly levied on travellers:—gard uṛnā(-kī), Dust to fly about; (fig.) to be or become ruined or desolate (a city, etc.):—gard-ālūd, or gard-ālūda, adj. Covered (or soiled) with dust, dusty;—encumbered with riches or worldly cares:—gard karnā, v.t. To make dusty, to dirty (clothes, etc.); to make dim, to dim, overshadow, cast a gloom over; to eclipse:—gard honā, v.n. To be or become dust:—to be worthless or good-for-nothing; to be as dust, to be easily removed or overcome, to be practicable or easy (e.g. měḥnat-ke āge sab gard hai).
Origin: Persian