مرد

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See also: مزد

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
م ر د (m r d)
6 terms

Verb

مَرَدَ (marada) I (non-past يَمْرُدُ (yamrudu), verbal noun مَرَادَة (marāda) or مُرُودَة (murūda))

  1. to be bold
  2. to be rebellious
  3. to be accustomed
  4. to suckle
  5. to disgrace (someone)
Conjugation

Verb

مَرُدَ (maruda) I (non-past يَمْرُدُ (yamrudu), verbal noun مُرُود (murūd) or مَرَادَة (marāda))

  1. to be rebellious
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Form-II causative of مَرَدَ (marada, to be constant).

Verb

مَرَّدَ (marrada) II (non-past يُمَرِّدُ (yumarridu), verbal noun تَمْرِيد (tamrīd)) (causative)

  1. to polish, to level
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Verb

مَرِدَ (marida) I (non-past يَمْرَدُ (yamradu), verbal noun مَرَد (marad) or مُرْدَة (murda) or مُرُودَة (murūda))

  1. to be beardless
  2. to be callow or inexperienced
Conjugation

Etymology 4

Unknown, possibly from a Middle Iranian cognate of Persian مورد (murd, myrtle). The “rebellion” senses of the root م ر د (m-r-d) may then be figurative after the tonic properties of the myrtle or the thermogenic, aphrodisiac and purgative effects of the toothbrush tree fruits.

Noun

مَرْد (mardm

  1. fruit of the toothbrush tree
    Synonyms: بَرِير (barīr), كَبَاث (kabāṯ), خَمْط (ḵamṭ)

Baluchi

Noun

مرد (mard)

  1. man (male human)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian مرد (mard).

Noun

مرد (merd)

  1. man; a human male

Adjective

مرد (merd)

  1. man of his word
  2. valiant

Descendants

  • Turkish: mert

Pashto

Noun

مرد (mardm

  1. man, male, person
  2. brave man, courageous man
  3. brave, noble and decent person, real man

References

  • Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “مرد”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press

Persian

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Etymology 1

    From Middle Persian (mlt' /⁠mard⁠/), (GBRA /⁠mard⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎼𐎫𐎡𐎹 (martiya), from Proto-Iranian *mŕ̥tah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mŕ̥tas, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós (dead, mortal), from *mer- (to die); whence also مردن (mordan, to die), and مردم (mardom, people).[1]

    Cognates include Northern Kurdish mêr (husband), Northern Luri مێرںە (mırə, husband), Sanskrit मर्त (marta, mortal, man), Old Armenian մարդ (mard, man), Ancient Greek βροτός (brotós, mortal), and Latin mortuus (dead)

    Pronunciation

    Readings
    Classical reading? mard
    Dari reading? mard
    Iranian reading? mard
    Tajik reading? mard

    Noun

    Dari مرد
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik мард

    مرد (mard) (plural مردان (mardân) or مردها (mard-hâ))

    1. man (adult male human)
      یک مردِ جوانyek mard-e javanA young man
    2. (calque from English, in the vocative) used to address a man
      چطوری مرد؟!četowri mard?!How are doing you man?!
    3. a member of a team or group, usually in plural
      یوآخیم لو و مردانش برزیل را هفت بر یک شکست دادند.
      yu-âxim low û mardânaš berezil râ haft bar yek šekast dâdand.
      Joachim Löw and his men beat Brazil 7-1.
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    See also

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    مرد (mord)

    1. past stem of مردن (mordan)

    References

    1. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 213

    Urdu

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian مرد (mard).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    مَرْد (mardm (Hindi spelling मर्द)

    1. man

    Declension

        Declension of مرد
    singular plural
    direct مرد (mard) مرد (mard)
    oblique مرد (mard) مردوں (mardõ)
    vocative مرد (mard) مردو (mardo)