مرتع

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place from the root ر ت ع (r t ʕ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mar.taʕ/

Noun

مَرْتَع • (martaʕm (plural مَرَاتِع (marātiʕ))

  1. grassland, pasture

Declension

Declension of noun مَرْتَع (martaʕ)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal مَرْتَع
martaʕ
الْمَرْتَع
al-martaʕ
مَرْتَع
martaʕ
nominative مَرْتَعٌ
martaʕun
الْمَرْتَعُ
al-martaʕu
مَرْتَعُ
martaʕu
accusative مَرْتَعًا
martaʕan
الْمَرْتَعَ
al-martaʕa
مَرْتَعَ
martaʕa
genitive مَرْتَعٍ
martaʕin
الْمَرْتَعِ
al-martaʕi
مَرْتَعِ
martaʕi
dual indefinite definite construct
informal مَرْتَعَيْن
martaʕayn
الْمَرْتَعَيْن
al-martaʕayn
مَرْتَعَيْ
martaʕay
nominative مَرْتَعَانِ
martaʕāni
الْمَرْتَعَانِ
al-martaʕāni
مَرْتَعَا
martaʕā
accusative مَرْتَعَيْنِ
martaʕayni
الْمَرْتَعَيْنِ
al-martaʕayni
مَرْتَعَيْ
martaʕay
genitive مَرْتَعَيْنِ
martaʕayni
الْمَرْتَعَيْنِ
al-martaʕayni
مَرْتَعَيْ
martaʕay
plural basic broken plural diptote
indefinite definite construct
informal مَرَاتِع
marātiʕ
الْمَرَاتِع
al-marātiʕ
مَرَاتِع
marātiʕ
nominative مَرَاتِعُ
marātiʕu
الْمَرَاتِعُ
al-marātiʕu
مَرَاتِعُ
marātiʕu
accusative مَرَاتِعَ
marātiʕa
الْمَرَاتِعَ
al-marātiʕa
مَرَاتِعَ
marātiʕa
genitive مَرَاتِعَ
marātiʕa
الْمَرَاتِعِ
al-marātiʕi
مَرَاتِعِ
marātiʕi

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْتَع (martaʕ, pasture; fertile ground), from رَتَعَ (rataʕa).

Noun

مرتع • (mertaʿ) (plural مراتع)

  1. pasture, an open field on which livestock is kept for feeding
    Synonym: اوتلق (otlak)

Descendants

  • Turkish: merta

Further reading

  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “merta”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3158
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مرتع”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1146
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Pratum”, 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[2], Vienna, column 1355
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مرتع”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[3], Vienna, column 4556
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مرتع”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1806
  • Wehr, Hans (1960) “رتع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz