مردمک

See also: مردمك

Persian

Etymology

From مردم (mardom) +‎ ـک (-ak).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [maɾ.du.ˈmak]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.d̪ʊ.mǽk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.d̪ʊ.mǽk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.d̪ʊ.mǽk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.d̪u.mǽk]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæɹ.d̪o.mǽkʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.d̪u.mǽk]

Readings
Classical reading?	mardumak
Dari reading?	mardumak
Iranian reading?	mardomak
Tajik reading?	mardumak

Noun

مردمک • (mardomak)

1. little man
2. pupil (of the eye)

   Synonyms: حدقه (hadaqe), گوهرک (gowharak)

3. lentil

   Synonyms: عدس (ʼadas), بلسن (bulsun)

   Alternative forms: مرجمک (marjomak), مرجومک (marjumak), مرجو (marju)

Related terms

• مردم (mardom)
• مردمک چشم (mardomak-e češm)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mərdümək, mərcimək, mərci
• → Ottoman Turkish: مردمك (merdümek), مرجمك (mercimek)
  • Turkish: merdimek, mercimek, mercemek, mürdümük, mürdük, mercek
  • → Armenian: մէրճիմէկ (mērčimēk) — Constantinople
  • → Bulgarian: мерджеме́к (merdžemék), мержеме́к (meržemék), мермжеме́к (mermžemék), мерджумек (merdžumek)
  • → Georgian: მერჯიმეგ (merǯimeg) — Imerkhevi

Further reading

• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “مردمک”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 1158b