مرمر
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مرمر
Ottoman Turkish
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Etymology
Borrowed from either Persian مرمر (marmar) or Arabic مرمر (marmar), both from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros, “marble”).
Noun
مرمر • (mermer) (definite accusative مرمری (mermeri), plural مرمرلر (mermerler))
- marble, a metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone
- Synonym: رخام (ruham)
- (by extension) slab, block, or object made of marble
- cement or plaster used as a last coating for inner walls
Derived terms
- آلاجه مرمر (alaca mermer, “streaked, variegated marble”)
- صو مرمری (su mermeri, “alabaster”)
- قایماق مرمری (kaymak mermeri, “white marble”)
- مرمر اوجاغی (mermer ocağı, “marble quarry”)
- مرمر ایلیكی (mermer iliği, “kind of soft carbonate of lime”)
- مرمر دلبندی (mermer dülbendi, “book muslin”)
- مرمر شاهی (mermer şahı, “book muslin”)
- مرمر قازمق (mermer kazmak, “to engrave on marble”)
- مرمر كیرجی (mermer kireci, “lime from burnt marble, albarium”)
- مرمرجی (mermerci, “marble worker”)
- مرمرلك (mermerlik, “place paved with marble”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “مرمر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 753
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mermer”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3156
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “mermer”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 743
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مرمر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1152a
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Marmor”, 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 1012
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مرمر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 4583
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2015-05-04) “mermer”, in Nişanyan Sözlük, retrieved 2016-05-23
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مرمر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1815
Persian
| Dari | مرمر |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | мармар |
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | marmar |
| Dari reading? | marmar |
| Iranian reading? | marmar |
| Tajik reading? | marmar |
Noun
مرمر • (marmar)
- marble (stone)