harvest 1) xarman; 2) xarman kardan, ~ bardâštan Fr.: 1) moisson, récolte; 2) récolter 1a) The gathering of a ripened → crop. M.E. hervest, from O.E. hærfest "autumn;" cognate with Du. herfst, Ger. Herbst "autumn"); PIE *(s)kerp- "to gather, pluck, harvest," from *(s)ker- "to cut" (cf. Skt. krpāna- "sword, knife;" Gk. karpos "fruit;" L. carpere "to cut, divide, pluck;" Av. karət- "to cut," Mod.Pers. kârd "knife," as below). Xarman, ultimately from *xramana-, from *xram- "to thresh;" cf. Ormuri šraməd, Parâci khamör, Yidgha xurom, xuräm; Nuristâni Kati kram- "to thresh;" Skt. kram- "to stride out, to go" (H. W. Bailey, 1979). |
harvest moon mâh-e xarman bardâri Fr.: lune de moisson The → full moon that appears closest in time to the → autumnal equinox. |