مورد

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Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place from the root و ر د (w-r-d).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maw.rid/
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Noun

مَوْرِد (mawridm (plural مَوَارِد (mawārid))

  1. resource, a place or means whereby one gets access to material or immaterial goods

Declension

Antonyms

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْرِد (mawrid, resource, place of access).

Noun

مورد (mevrid) (plural موارد)

  1. destination, a place at which one arrives
Descendants
  • Turkish: mevrid

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian مورد (murd, myrtle).

Noun

مورد (murd)

  1. myrtle (Myrtus communis)
    Synonym: مرسین (mersin)
Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْرِد (mawrid, resource, place of access), in the meaning shade of “way to go, point where one arrives somewhere to get access, thing which one considers to obtain something”.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? mawriḏ
Dari reading? mawrid
Iranian reading? mowred
Tajik reading? mavrid

Noun

مورد (mowred) (plural موارد (mavâred) or موردها (mowred-hâ))

  1. case; instance
    در این موردdar in mowredin this case
    مورد مختلفmowred-e moxtalefvarious cases
  2. object (of), subject (to); with the ezâfe, used to form passive constructions, especially with the verb قرار گرفتن (qarâr gereftan).
    موردِ شکنجهmowred-e šekanjeunder torture
    موضوعِ موردِ بحث
    mowzu'-e mowred-e bahs
    topic under debate
    پیشنهاد مورد قبول قرار گرفت.
    pišnehâd mowred-e qabul qarâr gereft.
    The suggestion was accepted.
    کتاب را مورد تحسین قرار داد.
    ketâb râ mowred-e tahsin qarâr dâd.
    He praised the book.
    (literally, “He placed the book under praise.”)
    در مصر باستان، کوتوله‌ها بسیار مورد احترام بودند.
    dar mesr-e bâstân, kutule-hâ besyâr mowred-e ehterâm budand.
    Dwarves were the object of respect in ancient Egypt.
    موسیقی مورد علاقه‌تان چیست؟
    musiqi-e mowred-e alâqe-tân čist?
    What is your favorite type of music?
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian (mwlt' /⁠mōrd⁠/), which is akin to Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos); see there for more.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? mōrd
Dari reading? mōrd
Iranian reading? murd
Tajik reading? mürd

Noun

مورد (murd)

  1. myrtle
Alternative forms
Descendants

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 56
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1892) Persische Studien (Sitzungsberichte der Kais. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse; 126) (in German), volume II, Vienna, page 43, deriving from Greek