مردار

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مردار (murdâr, carrion, carcass), a noun formed from the verb مردن (murdan, to die).

Noun

مردار • (murdar)

  1. carrion, carcass, the body of a dead animal
    Synonym: لاش (leş)

Adjective

مردار • (murdar)

  1. unclean, dirty, filthy, soiled, covered with or containing dirt or grime
    Synonym: پیس (pis)

Derived terms

  • مردار آغاجی (murdar ağacı, purple loosestrife)
  • مردار اولمك (murdar ölmek, to die unclean)
  • مردار ایلیك (murdar ilik, spinal marrow)
  • مردار خوار (murdar har, carrion-eating)
  • مردارسنمق (murdarsınmak, to regard as unclean)
  • مردارلاتمق (murdarlatmak, to make or let be filthy)
  • مردارلامق (murdarlamak, to soil, to make filthy)
  • مردارلانمق (murdarlanmak, to become filthy)
  • مردارلق (murdarlık, dirt, filth)

Descendants

  • Turkish: murdar, mundar
  • Albanian: murdar
  • Aromanian: murdar
  • Bulgarian: мурда́р (murdár)
  • Greek: μουρντάρης (mourntáris)
  • Megleno-Romanian: murdar
  • Middle Armenian: մուռտառ (muṙtaṙ), մուրտառ (murtaṙ), մուրտար (murtar)
    • Armenian: մունդառ (mundaṙ), մուռտառ (muṙtaṙ), մունտառ (muntaṙ), մունդա̈ռ (mundäṙ), մուրդառ (murdaṙ), մուռտալ (muṙtal)
  • Romanian: murdar
  • Serbo-Croatian: mùrdār / му̀рда̄р

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Formed of مردن (mordan, to die) + ـار (-âr).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mʊɾ.d̪ɑ́ːɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mʊɾ.d̪ɑ́ːɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [muɾ.d̪ɔ́ːɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? murdār
Dari reading? murdār
Iranian reading? mordâr
Tajik reading? murdor

Noun

Dari مردار
Iranian Persian
Tajik мурдор

مردار • (mordâr)

  1. carrion
  2. corpse
  3. carcass

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: murdar
  • Crimean Tatar: murdar
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: मुर्दार (murdār)
    Urdu: مردار (murdār)
  • Ottoman Turkish: مردار (murdar)
    • Turkish: murdar, mundar
    • Albanian: murdar
    • Aromanian: murdar
    • Bulgarian: мурда́р (murdár)
    • Greek: μουρντάρης (mourntáris)
    • Megleno-Romanian: murdar
    • Middle Armenian: մուռտառ (muṙtaṙ), մուրտառ (murtaṙ), մուրտար (murtar)
      • Armenian: մունդառ (mundaṙ), մուռտառ (muṙtaṙ), մունտառ (muntaṙ), մունդա̈ռ (mundäṙ), մուրդառ (murdaṙ), մուռտալ (muṙtal)
    • Romanian: murdar
    • Serbo-Croatian: mùrdār / му̀рда̄р
  • Pashto: مردار (mërdâr)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مردار (murdār).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مردار • (murdār) (Hindi spelling मुर्दार)

  1. dead
  2. impure
  3. unclean
  4. dirty
  5. ugly
  6. profane
  7. obscene

Noun

مردار • (murdār) m (Hindi spelling मुर्दार)

  1. carrion
  2. corpse
  3. carcass
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