مرچ

See also: مزح, مرج, and مرخ

Baluchi

Etymology

From Hindi मिर्च (mirc, “chili”).

Noun

مرچ • (mirc)

1. pepper

See also

• پلپل (pilpil)

Chagatai

Etymology

From Persian مُرچ (murč), from Hindustani.

Noun

مرچ (murč) (uncountable)

1. pepper

Khalaj

Noun

مُرچ (murç) (definite accusative مُرچوُ, plural مُرچلار)

1. Arabic spelling of murç (“wrist”)

Declension

Declension of مرچ

	singular	plural
nominative	مرچ	مرچلار
genitive	مرچؽݧ	مرچلارؽݧ
dative	مرچقا	مرچلارقا
definite accusative	مرچؽ	مرچلارؽ
locative	مرچچا	مرچلارچا
ablative	مرچدا	مرچلاردا
instrumental	مرچلا	مرچلارلا
equative	مرچوارا	مرچلاروارا

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani (see Urdu مرچ and Hindi मिर्च (mirc)), or from dialectal Hindi मरिच (maric) (in Iran), from Sanskrit मरिच (marica).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [miɾt͡ʃ], [muɾt͡ʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊɾt͡ʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊɾt͡ʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊɾt͡ʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [muɾt͡ʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæ.ɹet͡ʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [muɾt͡ʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	mirč, murč
Dari reading?	murč
Iranian reading?	mareč
Tajik reading?	murč

• (Sistani) IPA^(key): /moɾtʃ/

Noun

Dari	مرچ
Iranian Persian	فلفل
Tajik	филфил, мурч

مرچ • (murč or mareč) (chiefly Dari, Tajik or dialectal)

1. pepper
2. spice

Descendants

• → Bashkir: борос (boros)
• → Kazakh: бұрыш (būryş)
• → Kyrgyz: мурч (murc)
• → Southern Altai: мырч (mïrč)

Urdu

Noun

مرچ • (mirc) f (Hindi spelling मिर्च)

1. pepper (in both senses)