مرغ
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian مرغ (murg, “bird”), from Middle Iranian *murγ (“bird”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *mr̥gáh (“bird”).
Noun
مرغ • (mürg) (definite accusative مرغی (mürgü), plural مرغلر (mürgler))
- bird, any member of the class of animals Aves, characterized by having feathers and wings
- fowl, any bird in the order Galliformes, including chickens, turkeys, pheasant and partridges
Derived terms
- فیلمرغ (filmürg, “turkey”)
- مرغ آب (mürg-i ab, “waterfowl”)
- مرغ باز (mürg-bâz, “bird trainer”)
- مرغ باغ (mürg-i bâğ, “nightingale”)
- مرغ بام (mürg-i bâm, “nightingale”)
- مرغ روز (mürg-i ruz, “the Sun”)
- مرغ زر (mürg-i zer, “the Sun”)
- مرغ زیرك (mürg-i zirek, “starling”)
- مرغ سحر (mürg-i seher, “nightingale”)
- مرغ سدره (mürg-i sidre, “the archangel Gabriel”)
- مرغ سلیمان (mürg-i süleymân, “hoopoe”)
- مرغ شب آویز (mürg-i şeb âviz, “scops owl”)
- مرغ فلك (mürg-i felek, “cherub”)
- مرغ لب (mürg-i leb, “a word spoken”)
- مرغ چمن (mürg-i çemen, “nightingale”)
- مرغزار (mürgzâr, “bird nest”)
Descendants
- Turkish: mürg, murg
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mürg2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3387
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “mürg”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 876
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مرغ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1150
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Avis”, 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[3], Vienna, column 104
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مرغ”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 4574
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مرغ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1812
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].
Noun
مرغ • (merg) (definite accusative مرغی (mergi), plural مرغلر (mergler))
Descendants
- Turkish: merg
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “merg2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3151
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “merg”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[6] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 741
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مرغ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[7] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1150
- 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[8], Vienna, column 1355
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مرغ”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[9], Vienna, column 4574
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مرغ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[10], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1812
Pashto
FWOTD – 18 February 2019
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mraɣ/
Noun
مرغ • (mrağ) m
- a weight used in bodybuilding
- a large stone at just the weight that a man can lift, and used in the game or exercise of putting the stone
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | مرغ (mrağ) | مرغونه (mrağuna) |
| oblique | مرغ (mrağ) | مرغونو (mrağuno) |
| vocative | مرغه (mrağa) | مرغونو (mrağuno) |
References
- Raverty, H. G. (1867) “مرغ”, in A dictionary of the Puk'hto, Pus'hto, or language of the Afghans: with remarks on the originality of the language, and its affinity to other oriental tongues, London: Williams & Nortgate
- Pashto English Dictionary
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Iranian *murγ (“bird”) from Proto-Iranian *mr̥gáh (“bird”). Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (mwlw' /murw/), Parthian 𐫖𐫇𐫡𐫃 (mwrg /murγ/), Avestan 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬀 (mərəγa), Pashto مرغه (mërğë), Ossetian маргъ (marǧ), Baluchi مرگ (murg), Old Armenian սիրամարգ (siramarg) and լորամարգ (loramarg).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈmuɾɣ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mʊɾɣ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [moɹɢ̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [muɾʁ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | murġ |
| Dari reading? | murġ |
| Iranian reading? | morġ |
| Tajik reading? | murġ |
Audio (Iran): (file)
Noun
| Dari | مرغ |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | мурғ |
مرغ • (morġ) (plural مرغ‌ها, or مرغان)
- hen
- تخمگذاری مرغ ― toxmgozâri-ye morġ ― hen laying eggs
- (synecdochically) chicken (regardless of sex)
- (archaic or poetic) bird
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3412:
- کاتب آن وحی ز آن آواز مرغ
برده ظنی کاو بود همباز مرغ- kātib-i ān wahy zi ān āwāz-i murġ
burda zannē k-ō buwad hambāz-i murġ - The writer of the Revelation, from (hearing) the Bird's voice,
supposed that he was the Bird's equal.
- kātib-i ān wahy zi ān āwāz-i murġ
- (archaic or poetic) nightingale
Related terms
- تخم مرغ (toxm-e morġ)
- سیمرغ (simorġ)
- شترمرغ (šotormorġ)
- مرغ مگس‌خوار (morġ-e magas-xâr)
- مرغابی (morġâbi)