مركز

See also: مرکز

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ر ك ز (r-k-z)

Noun of place from the verb رَكَزَ (rakaza, “to plant (a flag) in the ground, to settle quietly and remain”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

مَرْكَز or مَرْكِز • (markaz or markiz) m (plural مَرَاكِز (marākiz))

1. (literally) place where the flag is planted in the ground
2. center, midst
3. base, headquarters
4. camp, bivouac
5. capital, chief town of a province
6. seat, residence
7. railway station
8. (earthquake) epicenter

Declension

Declension of noun مَرْكَز (markaz)‎; مَرْكِز (markiz)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرْكَز‎; مَرْكِز markaz‎; markiz	الْمَرْكَز‎; الْمَرْكِز al-markaz‎; al-markiz	مَرْكَز‎; مَرْكِز markaz‎; markiz
Nominative	مَرْكَزٌ‎; مَرْكِزٌ markazun‎; markizun	الْمَرْكَزُ‎; الْمَرْكِزُ al-markazu‎; al-markizu	مَرْكَزُ‎; مَرْكِزُ markazu‎; markizu
Accusative	مَرْكَزًا‎; مَرْكِزًا markazan‎; markizan	الْمَرْكَزَ‎; الْمَرْكِزَ al-markaza‎; al-markiza	مَرْكَزَ‎; مَرْكِزَ markaza‎; markiza
Genitive	مَرْكَزٍ‎; مَرْكِزٍ markazin‎; markizin	الْمَرْكَزِ‎; الْمَرْكِزِ al-markazi‎; al-markizi	مَرْكَزِ‎; مَرْكِزِ markazi‎; markizi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرْكَزَيْن‎; مَرْكِزَيْن markazayn‎; markizayn	الْمَرْكَزَيْن‎; الْمَرْكِزَيْن al-markazayn‎; al-markizayn	مَرْكَزَيْ‎; مَرْكِزَيْ markazay‎; markizay
Nominative	مَرْكَزَانِ‎; مَرْكِزَانِ markazāni‎; markizāni	الْمَرْكَزَانِ‎; الْمَرْكِزَانِ al-markazāni‎; al-markizāni	مَرْكَزَا‎; مَرْكِزَا markazā‎; markizā
Accusative	مَرْكَزَيْنِ‎; مَرْكِزَيْنِ markazayni‎; markizayni	الْمَرْكَزَيْنِ‎; الْمَرْكِزَيْنِ al-markazayni‎; al-markizayni	مَرْكَزَيْ‎; مَرْكِزَيْ markazay‎; markizay
Genitive	مَرْكَزَيْنِ‎; مَرْكِزَيْنِ markazayni‎; markizayni	الْمَرْكَزَيْنِ‎; الْمَرْكِزَيْنِ al-markazayni‎; al-markizayni	مَرْكَزَيْ‎; مَرْكِزَيْ markazay‎; markizay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرَاكِز marākiz	الْمَرَاكِز al-marākiz	مَرَاكِز marākiz
Nominative	مَرَاكِزُ marākizu	الْمَرَاكِزُ al-marākizu	مَرَاكِزُ marākizu
Accusative	مَرَاكِزَ marākiza	الْمَرَاكِزَ al-marākiza	مَرَاكِزَ marākiza
Genitive	مَرَاكِزَ marākiza	الْمَرَاكِزِ al-marākizi	مَرَاكِزِ marākizi

Derived terms

• مَرْكَزِيّ (markaziyy)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mərkəz
• → Chagatai: مرکز
  • Uyghur: مەركەز (merkez)
  • Uzbek: markaz
• → Hebrew: מרכז
• → Northern Kurdish: merkez
• → Malay: markas
  • Indonesian: markas
• → Ottoman Turkish: مركز (merkez)

  > Turkish: merkez (inherited)

• → Pashto: مرکز (markaz)
• → Persian: مرکز (markaz)
  • → Hindustani: markaz

    Hindi: मरकज़

    Urdu: مَرْکَز (markaz)

  • → Punjabi: markaz

    Gurmukhi script: ਮਰਕਜ਼

    Shahmukhi script: مَرْکَز

  • → Sindhi:

    Arabic script: مَرْڪَزُ

    Devanagari script: मर्कज़ु

• → Tatar: мәркәз (märkäz), märkäz
• → Turkmen: merkez
• → Zazaki: merkez

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مركز”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْكَز (markaz, “center, midst”).

Noun

مركز • (merkez) (plural مراكز (merakez))

1. center, midst, the point that is equidistant from all points on the circumference

   Synonym: اورتا (orta)

2. (by extension) chief town or city of a region, capital, administrative center

Derived terms

• مركزلنمك (merkezlenmek, “to be centralized”)
• مركزی (merkezî, “central”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: merkez

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “merkez1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3153
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “merkez”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[2] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 743
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “مركز”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[3], Vienna: F. Beck, page 434b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مركز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[4], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1151
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Centrum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[5], Vienna, column 169
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مركز”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[6], Vienna, column 4581
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “merkez”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مركز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[7], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1815