Central Kurdish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *márti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *márti, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mer-. Compare Persian مردن (mordan).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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Northern Kurdish mirin

مردن (mirdin) (present stem مر- (mir-))

  1. (intransitive) to die

Conjugation

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Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian YMYTWNtn' (murdan), from Old Persian [script needed] (mar-), from Proto-Iranian *márti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *márti, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (to die). Compare Northern Kurdish mirin, Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬭- (mar-), Sanskrit मरति (marati), Old Armenian մեռանիմ (meṙanim), Old Church Slavonic мрѣти (mrěti), Latin morior, English murder.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? murdan
Dari reading? murdan
Iranian reading? mordan
Tajik reading? murdan

Verb

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Dari مردن
Iranian Persian
Tajik мурдан

مردن (mordan) (present stem میر (mir))

  1. to die (to stop living)
    Synonyms: فوت کردن (fowt kardan, to pass away), درگذشتن (dargozaštan, to pass away), از دنیا رفتن (az donyâ raftan, to pass away), دعوت حق را لبیک گفتن (da'vat-e haq râ labbeyk goftan, to pass away)
    • c. 920, Rudaki, translated by Julie Scott Meisami, in "The Panegyric Qaside in The Eastern Iranian World", Persian Lyric Poetry in the Classical Era (2019), مرد مرادی، نه همانا که مرد [Mord Morâdi, na hamânâ ke mord]:
      مرد مرادی، نه همانا که مرد، جان گرامی به پدر باز داد []
      mord morâdi, na hamânâ ke mord, jân-e gerâmi be pedar bâz dâd []
      Morâdi died; but nay, indeed he did not die; he returned his precious soul to his Father [God] []

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: मुर्दन (murdan)
    Urdu: مردن (murdan)

References

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  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “murdan, mīr-”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 264-5

Urdu

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Sanskrit मर्दन (mardana).

Adjective

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مردن (mardan) (Hindi spelling मर्दन)

  1. crushing
  2. grinding
  3. breaking
  4. destroying

Noun

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مردن (mardanm (Hindi spelling मर्दन)

  1. rubbing
  2. touching
  3. anointing
  4. friction
  5. crushing
  6. bruising
  7. trampling

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Classical Persian مردن (murdan).

Noun

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مردن (murdanm (Hindi spelling मुर्दन)

  1. death
  2. dying

Verb

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مردن (murdan) (Hindi spelling मुर्दन)

  1. to die
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