Central Kurdish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Iranian *márti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *márti, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mer-. Compare Persian مردن (mordan).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

Northern Kurdish mirin

مردن (mirdin) (present stem مر- (mir-))

  1. (intransitive) to die

Conjugation edit

Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian YMYTWNtn' (murdan), from Old Persian [script needed] (mar-), from Proto-Iranian *márti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *márti, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (to die). Compare Northern Kurdish mirin, Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬭- (mar-), Sanskrit मरति (marati), Old Armenian մեռանիմ (meṙanim), Old Church Slavonic мрѣти (mrěti), Latin morior, English murder.

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? murdan
Dari reading? murdan
Iranian reading? mordan
Tajik reading? murdan

Verb edit

Dari مردن
Iranian Persian
Tajik мурдан

مردن (mordan) (present stem میر (mir))

  1. to die (to stop living)
    Synonyms: فوت کردن (fowt kardan, to pass away), درگذشتن (dargozaštan, to pass away), از دنیا رفتن (az donyâ raftan, to pass away)
    • c. 920, Rudaki, translated by Julie Scott Meisami, in "The Panegyric Qaside in The Eastern Iranian World", Persian Lyric Poetry in the Classical Era (2019), مرد مرادی، نه همانا که مرد:
      مرد مرادی، نه همانا که مرد، جان گرامی به پدر باز داد []
      mord morâdi, na hamânâ ke mord, jân-e gerâmi be pedar bâz dâd []
      Morâdi died; but nay, indeed he did not die; he returned his precious soul to his Father [God] []

Conjugation edit

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Descendants edit

  • Hindustani: murdan
    Hindi: मुर्दन
    Urdu: مردن

References edit

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “murdan, mīr-”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 264-5

Urdu edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Sanskrit.

Adjective edit

مردن (mardan) (Hindi spelling मर्दन)

  1. crushing
  2. grinding
  3. breaking
  4. destroying

Noun edit

مردن (mardanm (Hindi spelling मर्दन)

  1. rubbing
  2. touching
  3. anointing
  4. friction
  5. crushing
  6. bruising
  7. trampling

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian مردن (murdan).

Noun edit

مردن (murdanm (Hindi spelling मुर्दन)

  1. death
  2. dying

Verb edit

مردن (murdan) (Hindi spelling मुर्दन)

  1. to die