مرجان

Arabic

مرجان

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܡܪܰܓܳܢ‎ (margān, “pearl-like”), from ܡܰܪܓܳܢܺܝܬܳܐ‎ (margānīṯā, “pearl”), from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”), an Iranian borrowing. For the meaning development compare Arabic مَرْو‎ (marw, “odoriferous plants; Maerua crassifolia; pebble; flint; quartz”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mar.d͡ʒaːn/

Noun

مَرْجَان or مُرْجَان • (marjān or murjān) m (collective, singulative مَرْجَانَة‎ f (marjāna) or مُرْجَانَة‎ (murjāna))

  1. small pearls
  2. corals

Declension

Derived terms

  • مَرْجَانِيّ‎ (marjāniyy, “coral-related”)

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: mərcan
  • → Bashkir: мәрйен (märyen)
  • → Georgian: მარჯანი (marǯani)
  • → Hausa: murzani, murjani
  • → Kazakh: маржан (marjan)
  • → Middle Armenian: մարճան (marčan), մարջան (marǰan)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: مرجان‎ (mercan)
  • → Persian: مرجان‎ (marjân)
  • → Swahili: marijani
  • → Tatar: мәрҗән (märcän)
  • → Turkmen: mercen
  • → Uzbek: marjon

References

  • “mrgny”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 59

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَرْجَان‎ (marjān).

Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /maɾd͡ʒɒːn/

    Noun

    Dari مرجان
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik марҷон (marjon)

    مرجان • (marjân) (plural مرجان‌ها‎ (marjân-hâ))

    1. coral

    Proper noun

    مرجان • (marjân)

    1. a female given name, Marjan, from Arabic

    Derived terms

    • مرجانی‎ (marjâni)

    See also

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