مردار سنگ

Persian

Alternative forms

مردارسنگ (mordârsang), مرداسنگ (mordâsang), مرتک (mortak)

Etymology

"Dead stone," from (“stone”) + (“corpse, dead thing”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /muɾ.daːɾ.ˈsanɡ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊɾ.d̪ɑːɾ.sǽŋɡ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊɾ.d̪ɑːɾ.sǽŋɡ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [muɾ.d̪ɔːɾ.sǽŋɡ̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [moɹ.d̪ɒːɹ.sǽɲɡʲ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [muɾ.d̪ɔɾ.sǽŋɡ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	murdār-sang
Dari reading^?	murdār-sang
Iranian reading^?	mordâr-sang
Tajik reading^?	murdor-sang

Noun

مردار سنگ • (mordâr sang)

litharge, lead monoxide

Descendants

→ Arabic: مَرْدَاسَنْج (mardāsanj), مَرْتَك (martak)
- → Spanish: almortaga
- → Persian: مرداسنج
→ Aramaic:
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: מַרְתְּבָא (marteḵā)

Classical Syriac: ܡܲܪܕܟܵܐ (mardəḵā), ܡܲܪܬܟܵܐ (martəḵā), ܡܘܼܪܕܟܵܐ (murdəḵā)
→ Chinese: 密陀僧 (mìtuósēng) (see there for further descendants)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: मुरदासंख (murdāsaṅkh)

Urdu: مرداسنگ (murdā-sang), مردارسنگ (murdār-sang, “litharge”)
→ Sanskrit: मोदारशृङ्ग (modāraśṛṅga)