مرغ
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Pashto
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Noun
مرغ • (mrağ) m
- a weight used in bodybuilding
- a large stone at just the weight that a man can lift, and used in the game or exercise of putting the stone
Declension
declension of مرغ
References
- Raverty, H. G. (1867) “مرغ”, in A dictionary of the Puk'hto, Pus'hto, or language of the Afghans: with remarks on the originality of the language, and its affinity to other oriental tongues, London: Williams & Nortgate
- Pashto English Dictionary
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Iranian *murγ (“bird”) from Proto-Iranian *mr̥gáh (“bird”). Compare Middle Persian (mwlw' /murw/), Parthian (mwrg /murγ/), Avestan 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬀 (mərəγa), Pashto مرغه (mërğë), Ossetian маргъ (marǧ), Baluchi مرگ (murg), Old Armenian սիրամարգ (siramarg) and լորամարգ (loramarg).
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| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | murğ |
| Dari reading? | murğ |
| Iranian reading? | morğ |
| Tajik reading? | murġ |
Noun
| Dari | مرغ |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | мурғ |
مرغ • (morğ) (plural مرغها (morğ-hâ) or مرغان (morğân))
- (archaic) bird
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3412:
- کاتب آن وحی ز آن آواز مرغ
برده ظنی کاو بود همباز مرغ- kâtib-i-ân wahî za ân âvâz-i-murğ
burda zanni kô buwad hambâz-i-murg - The writer of the Revelation, from (hearing) the Bird's voice,
supposed that he was the Bird's equal
- kâtib-i-ân wahî za ân âvâz-i-murğ
- hen
Derived terms
- مرغابی (morğâbi)
- تخم مرغ (toxm-e morğ)
- مرغ مگسخوار (morğ-e magas-xâr)
- شترمرغ (šotormorğ)
Related terms
- سیمرغ (simorğ)