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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Aramaic מורדיא (mūradyā), from Akkadian 𒈪𒌷𒌈 (miritum, punting pole), ultimately from Sumerian 𒈪𒌷𒌈 (miritum, punting pole).

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Noun edit

مُرْدِيّ (murdiyym (plural مَرَادِيّ (marādiyy))

  1. (nautical) setting pole

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References edit

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “مردي”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 439
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 226
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “مردي”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 389