مردانه

See also: مردانہ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian مردانه (mardâne, “manly, masculine”).

Adjective

مردانه • (merdane)

1. masculine, manly, male, of or pertaining to the male gender

   Synonyms: ذكر (zeker), نر (ner)

2. manly, virile, having characteristics associated with being male

   Synonym: ذكر (zeker)

Derived terms

• مردانه‌لك (merdanelik, “bravery, courage”)

Descendants

• Turkish: merdane
• → Armenian: մէրտանէ (mērtanē)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian وردانه (vardâne, “rolling pin”), on which see Armenian գրտնակ (grtnak).

Noun

مردانه • (merdane)

1. roller, cylinder, any rotating device that is part of a machine
2. rolling pin, any cylindrical kitchen tool used to flatten dough

   Synonyms: اوقلاغی (oklağı), مرقاق (mirkak)

3. rolling press, a press used for rolling or calendering cloth
4. club, any stick-like plaything used in athletic exercises

Descendants

• Turkish: merdane, merdene
• → Armenian: մէրտէնէ (mērtēnē)
• → Bulgarian: мердене́ (merdené)
• → Romanian: merdenea

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “merdane1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3149
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “merdâne”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 740
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مردانه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1148
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Virilis”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1769
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مردانه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 4567
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مردانه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1808
• Tietze, Andreas (1982) “Die Zusammensetzung des gewerblichen Wortschatzes in der Provinz Kars”, in Zeitschrift für Balkanologie‎^[6] (in German), volume 18, number 2, § 191, page 186 of 159–215

Persian

Alternative forms

• مردونه (mardune) (colloquial Tehrani)

Etymology

From مرد (mard) +‎ ـانه (-âne).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [maɾ.dɑː.ˈna]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.d̪ɑː.nǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.d̪ɑː.nǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.d̪ɑː.nǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.d̪ɔː.nǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæɹ.d̪ɒː.né]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.d̪ɔ.nǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	mardāna
Dari reading?	mardāna
Iranian reading?	mardâne
Tajik reading?	mardona

Adjective

مردانه • (mardâne) (comparative مردانه‌تَر (mardâne-tar), superlative مردانه‌تَرین (mardâne-tarin))

Dari	مردانه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мардона

1. manly

   این کیکاوس سپاه سالاری بود نام او رستم بن دستان و این رستم مردی بود که از جهان از او مردانه تر نبود

   ēn Kay Kāvus sepāh sālārē būd nām ī ōy Rostam bin Dastān o ēn Rostam mardē būd ke az jahān az ōy mardāneh tar na būd

   Kay Kavus had an army commander by the name of Rostam son of Dastān and no man in the world was manlier than him.

1. masculine

Inflection

Enclitic-attached forms of مردانه (mardâne)

Basic forms of مردانه (mardâné) bare مردانه (mardâné) ezâfe مردانهٔ (mardâné-ye) marked indefinite or relative definite مردانه‌ای (mardâné-i)     Possessive forms of مردانه (mardâne) singular plural 1st person (“my, our”) مردانه‌ام (mardâné-am) [Term?]△ (mardunám) مردانه‌مان (mardâné-ye-mân) [Term?]△ (marduné-mân, mardunámun) 2nd person (“your”) مردانه‌ات (mardâné-at) [Term?]△ (mardunát) مردانه‌تان (mardâné-ye-tân) [Term?]△ (marduné-tân, mardunátun) 3rd person (“his, her, its, their”) مردانه‌اش (mardâné-aš) [Term?]△ (mardunáš) مردانه‌شان (mardâné-ye-šân) [Term?]△ (marduné-šân, mardunášun) △ Colloquial.     Predicative forms of مردانه (mardâne) singular plural 1st person (“I am, we are”) مردانه‌ام (mardâné-am) مردانه‌ام، مردانم △ (mardânám) مردانه‌ایم (mardâné-im) 2nd person (“you are”) مردانه‌ای (mardâné-i) مردانه‌اید (mardâné-id) مردانه‌این △ (mardâné-in) 3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”) مردانه است (mardâné ast) مردانه‌ئه، مردانس △ (mardâné-e, mardânás) مردانه‌اند (mardâné-and) مردانه‌ان، مردانن △ (mardâné-an, mardânán) △ Colloquial.

Derived terms

• مردانگی (mardânegi)

Related terms

• مرد (mard)
• مردی (mardi)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: મરદાના (mardānā), મર્દાના (mardānā)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मर्दाना (mardānā)

  Urdu: مردانہ (mardāna)

  • → English: mardana
• → Ottoman Turkish: مردانه (merdane)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਮਰਦਾਨਾ (mardānā)

  Shahmukhi script: مردانہ (mardānah)