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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مردار (murdâr, “carrion, carcass”), a noun formed from the verb مردن (murdan, “to die”).
Noun
مردار • (murdar)
- carrion, carcass, the body of a dead animal
- Synonym: لاش (leş)
Adjective
مردار • (murdar)
- unclean, dirty, filthy, soiled, covered with or containing dirt or grime
- Synonym: پیس (pis)
Derived terms
- مردار آغاجی (murdar ağacı, “purple loosestrife”)
- مردار اولمك (murdar ölmek, “to die unclean”)
- مردار ایلیك (murdar ilik, “spinal marrow”)
- مردار خوار (murdar har, “carrion-eating”)
- مردارسنمق (murdarsınmak, “to regard as unclean”)
- مردارلاتمق (murdarlatmak, “to make or let be filthy”)
- مردارلامق (murdarlamak, “to soil, to make filthy”)
- مردارلانمق (murdarlanmak, “to become filthy”)
- مردارلق (murdarlık, “dirt, filth”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “مردار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 751
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “murdar”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3311
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “murdâr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 818
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مردار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1148
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Squalidus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1589
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مردار”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, columns 4565-4566
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “murdar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مردار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1808
Persian
Etymology
Formed of مردن (mordan, “to die”) + ـار (-âr).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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murdār
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| Dari reading?
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murdār
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| Iranian reading?
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mordâr
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| Tajik reading?
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murdor
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Noun
| Dari
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مردار
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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мурдор
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مردار • (mordâr)
- carrion
- corpse
- carcass
Descendants
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مردار (murdār).
Pronunciation
Adjective
مردار • (murdār) (Hindi spelling मुर्दार)
- dead
- impure
- unclean
- dirty
- ugly
- profane
- obscene
Noun
مردار • (murdār) m (Hindi spelling मुर्दार)
- carrion
- corpse
- carcass