See also: مزد

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
م ر د (m-r-d)

Verb edit

مَرَدَ (marada) I, non-past يَمْرُدُ‎ (yamrudu)

  1. to be bold
  2. to be rebellious
  3. to be constant with something (with على)
  4. to suckle
Conjugation edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

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

Verb edit

مَرَّدَ (marrada) II, non-past يُمَرِّدُ‎ (yumarridu) (causative)

  1. to polish, to level
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Etymology 3 edit

Verb edit

مَرِدَ (marida) I, non-past يَمْرَدُ‎ (yamradu)

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

Etymology 4 edit

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 edit

مَرْد (mardm

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

Baluchi edit

Noun edit

مرد (mard)

  1. man (male human)

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Persian مرد (mard).

Noun edit

مرد (merd)

  1. man; a human male

Adjective edit

مرد (merd)

  1. man of his word
  2. valiant

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: mert

Pashto edit

Noun edit

مرد (mardm

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

References edit

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

Persian edit

 
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Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (mlt' /⁠mard⁠/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (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 edit

 

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

Noun edit

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.
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Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

مرد (mord)

  1. past stem of مردن (mordan)

References edit

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

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian مرد (mard).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

مَرْد (mardm (Hindi spelling मर्द)

  1. man (male human)