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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