مهره

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Old Anatolian Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Persian مهره (mohra).

Noun[edit]

مهره (mühre)

  1. bead or any sort of globule
  2. vertebra

Descendants[edit]

  • Azerbaijani: möhrə
  • Ottoman Turkish: مهره (mühre)

References[edit]

  • Pomorska, Marzanna (2013) Materials for a Historical Dictionary of New Persian Loanwords in Old Anatolian and Ottoman Turkish from the 13th to the 16th Century (Studia Turcologica Cracoviensia; 13)‎[1], Kraków: Jagiellonian University Press, →ISBN, page 164

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Anatolian Turkish مهره (mühre), from Persian مهره (mohra); cognate with Azerbaijani möhrə.

Noun[edit]

مهره (mühre)

  1. bead, any sort of globule made of stone or glass
    Synonyms: بونجق (boncuk), یوارلاق (yuvarlak), كره (küre)
  2. shell of a mollusk or particularly the smaller kind thereof
  3. grinding shell or stone or other polishing instrument like even a plane
    Synonyms: رنده (rende), پلانیه (planya) (plane)
  4. vertebra, any of the bony or cartilaginous segments which make up the backbone
    Synonyms: صرت كمیكی (sırt kemiğı), فقره (fıkra)
  5. articular head, the rounded bone of a joint
  6. draught, checker, a game piece used in the game of draughts

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Further reading[edit]

Persian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian [script needed] (mwhlk' /⁠muhrag⁠/, bead, vertebra, piece (in backgammon, etc.)). Compare Parthian [script needed] (mwhrg /⁠muhrag⁠/). Equivalent to مهر (mohr, seal) +‎ ـه (-e). Note especially the meanings of a polished parchment or papyrus found in Arabic مُهْرَق (muhraq), apart from Old Armenian մուրհակ (murhak, deed), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic מוהרק (mūhraq, writ) and the many senses of Sanskrit मुद्रा f (mudrā, seal), from which the meanings of a bead or shell must be transferred. For comparison, one even derived, by way of an absurd literary meaning-guessing, the sense of a “mirror” for سَجَنْجَل (sajanjal, glossy papyrus leaves), the original meaning being a hapax against copious abuse. Akin to Mazanderani میرکا (mirkâ, bead).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? muhra
Dari reading? mohra
Iranian reading? mohre
Tajik reading? muhra

Noun[edit]

مهره (mohre) (plural مهرگان (mohregân) or مهره‌ها (mohre-hâ))

  1. bead
  2. shell of a mollusk or particularly the smaller kind thereof
  3. vertebra
  4. (board games) piece
  5. grinding shell or stone or other polishing instrument
    Synonym: رنده (rande)

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “مهره”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864), “مهره”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 1241a–1242b