مردن

Persian

Etymology

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

Dari مردن
Iranian Persian
Tajik мурдан (murdan)
  • (Dari): IPA(key): /mʊɾdan/

Verb

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)
    • c. 920, Rudaki, Julie Scott Meisami, in "The Panegyric Qaside in The Eastern Iranian World", Persian Lyric Poetry in the Classical Era (2019), transl., 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

Descendants

  • Hindustani: murdan
    Hindi: मुर्दन
    Urdu: مردن

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “murdan, mīr-”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Urdu

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit.

Adjective

مردن (mardan) (Hindi spelling मर्दन)

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

Noun

مردن (mardan) m (Hindi spelling मर्दन)

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

Etymology 2

From Persian مردن (mordan).

Noun

مردن (murdan) m (Hindi spelling मुर्दन)

  1. death
  2. dying

Verb

مردن (murdan) (Hindi spelling मुर्दन)

  1. to die
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