مرد

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Baluchi [edit]

Noun [edit]

مرد (mard)

  1. man (male human)

Persian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Middle Persian mard (cf. Old Persian martiya "man"), probably from Proto-Iranian from Proto-Indo-Iranian, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós, *mr̥tó- (mortal), from *mer- (to die). Akin to Kurdish mêr, Sanskrit मर्त (márta, mortal, man), Old Armenian մարդ (mard, man), Ancient Greek βροτός (brotos, mortal). See also مردن (mordan), مرده (morde).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /mæɾd/
  • (file)
  • (dialectal, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) IPA: /meɾd/

Noun [edit]

Dari مرد
Iranian Persian مرد
Tajik мард

مرد  (mard), plural مردان (mardân) or مردها (mard-hâ)

  1. man (male human)

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