معرکه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْرَكَة (maʕraka).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /maʔ.ɾa.ˈka/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.ɾä.kʰǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.ɾä.kʰǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.ɾä.kʰǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæʔ.ɹe.kʰʲé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.ɾä.kʰǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ma'raka
Dari reading^?	ma'raka
Iranian reading^?	ma'reke
Tajik reading^?	ma'raka

Noun

معرکه • (ma'reke)

Derived terms

معرکه گرفتن (ma'reke gereftan)
معرکه‌گیری (ma'reke-giri)

Descendants

→ Urdu: معرکہ (ma'rakah)

Adjective

معرکه • (ma'reke)

(colloquial) amazing, good, very well done

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “معرکه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim