مورچه
Persian
مورچهها
Etymology
Diminutive of مور (mur), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mwl /mōr/), from Proto-Iranian *marwíš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *marwíš, from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [moːɾ.t͡ʃa]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [muːɹ.t͡ʃʰe]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mɵɾ.t͡ʃʰä]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | mōrča |
Dari reading? | mōrča |
Iranian reading? | murče |
Tajik reading? | mürča |
Noun
Dari | مورچه |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | мӯрча |
مورچه • (murče) (plural مورچگان (murčegân) or مورچهها (murče-hâ))
Synonyms
- مور (mur)
Descendants
- → Hindustani:
- → Punjabi:
Further reading
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “مورچه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1343
Categories:
- Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian
- Persian terms derived from Middle Persian
- Persian terms inherited from Proto-Iranian
- Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Persian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Persian lemmas
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