مورچه

Persian

Etymology

Diminutive of مور (mōr / mur), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mwl /⁠mōr⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *marwíš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *marwíš, from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? mōrča
Dari reading? mōrča
Iranian reading? murče
Tajik reading? mürča

Noun

مورچه • (mōrča / murče) (plural مورچگان (mōrčagān / murčegân), or مورچه‌ها (mōrča-hā / murče-hâ), Tajik spelling мӯрча)

  1. ant
    Synonym: مور (mōr / mur)
  2. hole, trench

Descendants

  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: मोर्चा (morcā)
    Urdu: مورچہ
  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਮੋਰਚਾ (morcā)
    Shahmukhi script: مورچہ (morcah)

Further reading

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