murdar

• IPA^(key): /muɾˈdaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مردار (murdar).

murdar (feminine murdare) (archaic)

1. filthy, dirty, unclean

   Synonym: i ndyrë

2. vulgar, indecent

   Synonym: i poshtër

murdar m (archaic)

1. foul creature

   Synonym: ndyracak

• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “murdar”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 318f.
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “murdar”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 299b
• Meyer, G. (1891) “murdár”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 291

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

murdar m (dialectal)

1. whim, caprice

   i ka këcye murdar ― he's got an idea into his head

• Mann, S. E. (1948) “murdar”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 299b

• murdaru

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مردار (murdar), ultimately from Persian مردار (mordâr).

murdar m (feminine murdarã, masculine plural murdari, feminine plural murdari or murdare)

1. dirty

• mundar

Borrowed from Persian مردار.

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• Hyphenation: mur‧dar

murdar (comparative daha murdar, superlative ən murdar)

1. unclean, dirty, impure, provoking disgust
2. (Islam) ritually unclean

• “murdar” in Obastan.com.

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مردار (murdar), ultimately from Persian مردار (mordâr).

murdar

1. dirty

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مردار (murdar), ultimately from Persian مردار (mordâr). Doublet of muri.

• IPA^(key): /mur.ˈdar/

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• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: mur‧dar

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murdar m or n (feminine singular murdară, masculine plural murdari, feminine and neuter plural murdare)

1. dirty

   Antonym: curat

murdar

1. dirty, dirtily

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مردار (murdar, “carcass; dirty, filthy”).

• IPA^(key): /mǔrdaːr/
• Hyphenation: mur‧dar

mùrdār (Cyrillic spelling му̀рда̄р)

1. (regional) unclean, dirty, dissolute

mùrdār m (Cyrillic spelling му̀рда̄р)

1. (regional) unclean, dirty, dissolute person, person who has fallen into physical and moral ruin

• “murdar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• Tomislav Maretić, editor (1911–1916), “murdar”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎ (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 7, Zagreb: JAZU, page 159

• mundar (colloquial)

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مردار (murdar, “carcass; dirty, filthy”).

• IPA^(key): /muɾˈdaɾ/

murdar

1. dirty, unclean

   Synonym: kirli

   • Bu murdar kümeste nasıl oturuyorsun bilmem?

     I don't know how you sit in this filthy coop.

2. (someone) who hasn't washed after sexual intercourse
3. (Islam) (an animal) not slaughtered in accordance with religious laws

• “murdar”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “murdar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük