See also: مرك and مرګ

Baluchi

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Etymology

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Compare Persian مرغ (morğ).

Noun

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مرگ (murg)

  1. bird

Laki

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Noun

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مرگ (mirg)

  1. death

Persian

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Dari مرگ
Iranian Persian
Tajik марг

Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *marka-, from Proto-Iranian *marč- (to destroy, damage), from a blend of Proto-Indo-European *mer- (to die) and Proto-Indo-European *melkʷ- (to damage).[1] Compare with Northern Kurdish merg, Pashto مرګ (marg), Ossetian марг (marg, poison), and Ancient Greek βλάπτω (bláptō, to disable, harm).[2]

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? marg
Dari reading? marg
Iranian reading? marg
Tajik reading? marg

Noun

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مرگ (marg) (plural مرگ‌ها (marg-hâ))

  1. death

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References

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  1. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 218
  2. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 265-6

Urdu

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Classical Persian مرگ (marg).

Noun

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مرگ (margf (Hindi spelling मर्ग)

  1. death

Etymology 2

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From Sanskrit मृग (mṛga).

Noun

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مرگ (mrigm (Hindi spelling मृग)

  1. deer
  2. antelope

Ushojo

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Etymology

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From Urdu مرگ (marg).

Noun

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مرگ (marg)

  1. death