مرگ

See also: مرك and مرګ

Baluchi

Etymology

Compare Persian مرغ (morġ).

Noun

مرگ • (murg)

  1. bird

Laki

Noun

مرگ (mirg)

  1. death

Persian

Dari مرگ
Iranian Persian
Tajik марг

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *marka-, from Proto-Iranian *marč- (“to destroy, damage”), from a blend of Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”) and Proto-Indo-European *melkʷ- (“to damage”).[1] Compare with Northern Kurdish merg, Pashto مرګ (marg), Ossetian марг (marg, “poison”), and Ancient Greek βλάπτω (bláptō, “to disable, harm”).[2]

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? marg
Dari reading? marg
Iranian reading? marg
Tajik reading? marg

Noun

مرگ • (marg) (plural مرگ‌ها (marg-hâ))

  1. death

See also

References

  1. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 218
  2. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 265-6

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian مرگ (marg).

Noun

مرگ • (marg) f (Hindi spelling मर्ग)

  1. death

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit मृग (mṛga).

Noun

مرگ • (mrig) m (Hindi spelling मृग)

  1. deer
  2. antelope

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu مرگ (marg).

Noun

مرگ (marg)

  1. death
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