مردن

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Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *márti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *márti, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mer-. Compare Persian مردن (mordan).

Pronunciation

Verb

Northern Kurdish mirin

مردن (mirdin) (present stem مر- (mir-))

  1. (intransitive) to die

Conjugation

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian YMYTWNtn' (murdan), from Old Persian (mar-), from Proto-Iranian *márti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *márti, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (to die). Compare Northern Kurdish mirin, Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬭- (mar-), Sanskrit मरति (marati), Old Armenian մեռանիմ (meṙanim), Old Church Slavonic мрѣти (mrěti), Latin morior, English murder.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? murdan
Dari reading? murdan
Iranian reading? mordan
Tajik reading? murdan

Verb

Dari مردن
Iranian Persian
Tajik мурдан

مردن (mordan) (present stem میر (mir))

  1. to die (to stop living)
    Synonyms: فوت کردن (fowt kardan, to pass away), درگذشتن (dargozaštan, to pass away), از دنیا رفتن (az donyâ raftan, to pass away), دعوت حق را لبیک گفتن (da'vat-e haq râ labbeyk goftan, to pass away)
    • c. 920, Rudaki, translated by Julie Scott Meisami, in "The Panegyric Qaside in The Eastern Iranian World", Persian Lyric Poetry in the Classical Era (2019), مرد مرادی، نه همانا که مرد [Mord Morâdi, na hamânâ ke mord]:
      مرد مرادی، نه همانا که مرد، جان گرامی به پدر باز داد []
      mord morâdi, na hamânâ ke mord, jân-e gerâmi be pedar bâz dâd
      Morâdi died; but nay, indeed he did not die; he returned his precious soul to his Father

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: मुर्दन (murdan)
    Urdu: مردن (murdan)

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “murdan, mīr-”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 264-5

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit मर्दन (mardana).

Adjective

مردن (mardan) (Hindi spelling मर्दन)

  1. crushing
  2. grinding
  3. breaking
  4. destroying

Noun

مردن (mardanm (Hindi spelling मर्दन)

  1. rubbing
  2. touching
  3. anointing
  4. friction
  5. crushing
  6. bruising
  7. trampling

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian مردن (murdan).

Noun

مردن (murdanm (Hindi spelling मुर्दन)

  1. death
  2. dying

Verb

مردن (murdan) (Hindi spelling मुर्दन)

  1. to die