مردار سنگ

Persian

Alternative forms

• مردارسنگ (mordârsang), مرداسنگ (mordâsang), مرتک (mortak)

Etymology

"Dead stone," from سنگ (“stone”) + مردار (“corpse, dead thing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [muɾ.dɑːɾ.ˈsanɡ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊɾ.d̪ɑːɾ.sǽŋɡ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊɾ.d̪ɑːɾ.sǽŋɡ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊɾ.d̪ɑːɾ.sǽŋɡ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [muɾ.d̪ɔːɾ.sǽŋɡ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [moɹ.d̪ɒːɹ.sǽɲɡʲ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [muɾ.d̪ɔɾ.sǽŋɡ]

Readings
Classical reading?	murdār-sang
Dari reading?	murdār-sang
Iranian reading?	mordâr-sang
Tajik reading?	murdor-sang

Noun

مردار سنگ • (mordâr sang)

1. litharge, lead monoxide

Descendants

• → Arabic: مَرْدَاسَنْج (mardāsanj), مَرْتَك (martak)
  • → Spanish: almortaga
  • → Persian: مرداسنج
• → Aramaic:

  Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: מַרְתְּבָא (marteḵā)

  Classical Syriac: ܡܲܪܕܟܵܐ (mardəḵā), ܡܲܪܬܟܵܐ (martəḵā), ܡܘܼܪܕܟܵܐ (murdəḵā)

• → Chinese: 密陀僧 (mìtuósēng) (see there for further descendants)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मुरदासंख (murdāsaṅkh)

  Urdu: مرداسنگ (murdā-sang), مردارسنگ (murdār-sang, “litharge”)

• → Sanskrit: मोदारशृङ्ग (modāraśṛṅga)