مرعی

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place from the root ر عي‎ (r-ʕ-y).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mar.ʕaː/

Noun

مَرْعَى • (marʕā) m (plural مَرَاعِي‎ (marāʕī))

  1. grassland, pasture

Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مَرْعِيّ‎ (marʕiyy), passive participle of رَعَى‎ (raʕā, “to take care of, protect; to tend (a flock)”).

Adjective

مرعی • (meri) (feminine مرعیه‎)

  1. (law) observed, respected; enforceable
  2. in use

Descendants

  • Turkish: meri

References

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911), “مرعی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1150
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “meri”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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