Persian · noun · Poetry, Speech & Art

Shagird

शागिर्द

said shaa-GIRD

also written: Shaagird,Shagerd

Meaning

A pupil or disciple who submits his verse to an ustaad for correction and instruction.

Literally: pupil, apprentice

Related words

A teacher, master or expert in a craft or art.

Reform, correction, amendment.

A disciple or pupil of a master poet — a synonym, in poetic apprenticeship, of shagird.