مركب

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Etymology 1

Originally a noun of place meaning “place of riding”, from the verb رَكِبَ (rakiba, “to ride”), from the root ر ك ب (r-k-b). Cognate with Hebrew מֶרְכָּבָה (merkaḇa, “chariot”), Ge'ez መርከብ (märkäb), Classical Syriac ܡܰܪܟܰܒܬܳܐ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar.kab/

Noun

مَرْكَب • (markab) m (plural مَرَاكِب (marākib))

1. anything upon which one rides
   1. ship, boat, vessel
   2. saddle

Declension

Descendants

• Maltese: mirkeb
• → Afar: márkab
• → Azerbaijani: mərkəb (“saddle-beast, donkey”)
• → Swahili: merikebu (“steamship”)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مركب (merkeb, “saddle-beast, donkey”)
  • Turkish: merkep

Etymology 2

Derived from the passive participle of رَكَّبَ (rakkaba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.rak.kab/

Adjective

مُرَكَّب • (murakkab)

1. compound, composed of multiple parts

Declension

Derived terms

• جَهْل مُرَكَّب m (jahl murakkab, noun)
• كَسْر مُرَكَّب m (kasr murakkab, “compound fraction”, noun)

Noun

مُرَكَّب • (murakkab) m (plural مُرَكَّبَات (murakkabāt))

1. (chemistry) compound

Declension

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mürəkkəb
• Hijazi Arabic: مركب (murakkab)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مركب (mürekkeb)

  > Turkish: mürekkep (inherited)

  • → Albanian: myreqep, mireqep, mereçep
  • → Armenian: միւրէկկէպ (miwrēkkēp), մուրա̈քք^յա̈բ (muräkʻkʻ^yäb), միրէքէպ (mirēkʻēp), միւրէքէպ (miwrēkʻēp)
  • → Bulgarian: мурекеп (murekep) (obsolete)
  • → Crimean Tatar: mürekep, merekep
  • → Serbo-Croatian: (archaic)

    Cyrillic script: мурѐћеп, мурѝћеп, мурѝкеп, мурѐћеф

    Latin script: murèćep, murìćep, murìkep, murèćef

• → Persian: مرکب (morakkab, “ink”)
• → Uyghur: مۇرەككەپ (murekkep)
• → Uzbek: murakkab

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ركب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1145
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ركب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 413

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مُرَكَّبْ (murakkab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.rak.kab/

Noun

مركب • (murakkab) m (plural مُرَكَّبات (murakkabāt))

1. (obsolete) kitchen
2. (chemistry) compound

Adjective

مركب • (murakkab) (feminine مُرَكَّبة (murakkaba), common plural مُرَكَّبين (murakkabīn))

1. assembled
2. compound, composed of multiple part

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مُرَكَّب (murakkab, “compound”), passive participle of رَكَّبَ (rakkaba, “to assemble, to compose, to combine”).

Adjective

مركب • (mürekkeb)

1. composite, compound, composed of multiple parts

Noun

مركب • (mürekkeb) (plural مركبات (mürekkebat))

1. compound, a substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements
2. ink, a colorant-based solution used to color or dye a surface together with a quill

Derived terms

Descendants

• Turkish: mürekkep
• → Albanian: myreqep, mireqep, mereçep
• → Armenian: միւրէկկէպ (miwrēkkēp), մուրա̈քք^յա̈բ (muräkʻkʻ^yäb), միրէքէպ (mirēkʻēp), միւրէքէպ (miwrēkʻēp)
• → Bulgarian: мурекеп (murekep) (obsolete)
• → Crimean Tatar: mürekep, merekep
• → Serbo-Croatian: (archaic)

  Cyrillic script: мурѐћеп, мурѝћеп, мурѝкеп, мурѐћеф

  Latin script: murèćep, murìćep, murìkep, murèćef

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْكَب (markab, “ship, boat; saddle”), a noun of place from the verb رَكِبَ (rakiba, “to ride”).

Noun

مركب • (merkeb)

1. (originally) anything mounted or ridden for travel, like a ship, boat, or vessel
2. (currently) ass, donkey, any domestic animal of the species Equus asinus asinus

   Synonyms: اشك (eşek), حمار (himar), خر (har)

Derived terms

• مركبجی (merkebci, “donkey-driver”)

Descendants

• Turkish: merkep

Further reading