مرکب

See also: مركب

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مُرَكَّب (murakkab).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mu.ɾak.ˈkab/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.ɾäk.kʰǽb]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.ɾäk.kʰǽb]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.ɾäk.kʰǽb̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.ɹækʲ.kʰʲǽb̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.ɾäk.kʰǽb]

Readings
Classical reading^?	murakkab
Dari reading^?	murakkab
Iranian reading^?	morakkab
Tajik reading^?	murakkab

Adjective

مرکب • (morakkab)

compound, composite

Noun

مرکب • (morakkab)

(black) ink
Synonyms: جوهر (jowhar), زکاب (zakâb), (Mughal Empire) روشنائی (rūšnāʼī)

― morakkab-e čâp ― printing ink

Usage notes

The Arabic plural (morakabbât) now means "citrus fruits."

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْكَب (markab).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /maɾ.ˈkab/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.kʰǽb]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.kʰǽb]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.kʰǽb̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæɹ.kʰʲǽb̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.kʰǽb]

Readings
Classical reading^?	markab
Dari reading^?	markab
Iranian reading^?	markab
Tajik reading^?	markab

Noun

مرکب • (markab) (plural مراکب (marâkeb))

anything upon which one rides:
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3342:
  از حق إن الظن لا يغنی رسید
  مرکب ظن بر فلک‌‌ها کی دوید
  az Haq "in al-zana lâ yuġni" rasîd
  markab-i-zan bar falak-hâ kay davîd
  From God came (the text), “Verily, opinion doth not enable (you) to dispense (with the Truth)”:
  when did the steed of opinion run to the Heavens?
1. ship, boat, vessel
2. horse, camel