مركز

See also: مرکز

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ر ك ز (r-k-z)

Noun of place from the verb رَكَزَ (rakaza, “to plant (a flag) in the ground, to settle quietly and remain”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

مَرْكَز or مَرْكِز • (markaz or markiz) m (plural مَرَاكِز (marākiz))

  1. (literally) place where the flag is planted in the ground
  2. center, midst
  3. base, headquarters
  4. camp, bivouac
  5. capital, chief town of a province
  6. seat, residence
  7. railway station
  8. (earthquake) epicenter

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: mərkəz
  • → Chagatai: مرکز
  • → Hebrew: מרכז
  • → Northern Kurdish: merkez
  • → Malay: markas
  • → Ottoman Turkish: مركز (merkez)
    > Turkish: merkez (inherited)
  • → Pashto: مرکز (markaz)
  • → Persian: مرکز (markaz)
    • → Hindustani: markaz
      Hindi: मरकज़
      Urdu: مَرْکَز (markaz)
    • → Punjabi: markaz
      Gurmukhi script: ਮਰਕਜ਼
      Shahmukhi script: مَرْکَز
    • → Sindhi:
      Arabic script: مَرْڪَزُ
      Devanagari script: मर्कज़ु
  • → Tatar: мәркәз (märkäz), märkäz
  • → Turkmen: merkez
  • → Zazaki: merkez

References

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْكَز (markaz, “center, midst”).

Noun

مركز • (merkez) (plural مراكز (merakez))

  1. center, midst, the point that is equidistant from all points on the circumference
    Synonym: اورتا (orta)
  2. (by extension) chief town or city of a region, capital, administrative center

Derived terms

  • مركزلنمك (merkezlenmek, “to be centralized”)
  • مركزی (merkezî, “central”)

Descendants

Further reading

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