مروارید

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian مروارید (marvârid).

Noun

مروارید • (mervarid)

1. pearl

Descendants

• Turkish: mervarid

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (mwlwʾlyt' /⁠morwārīd⁠/), mlwʾlyt (marwārīd), [Manichaean needed] (mwrwʾryd /⁠morwārīd⁠/), 𐬨𐬏𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬭𐬍𐬝 (/⁠mūravārīt̰⁠/), from Old Persian *margārīta-. Akin to Manichaean Parthian [Manichaean needed] (mwrgʾryd /⁠morγārīd⁠/), Sogdian [script needed] (mrγʾrt(h) /⁠marγārt, marγārit⁠/), Pashto مرغلره (murghalara), Khotanese [script needed] pl (mrāhe, “pearl”), Central Kurdish مرواری (mirwarî). Possibly related to Sanskrit मञ्जरी (mañjarī). Also compare Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs), Old Armenian մարգարիտ (margarit), Old Georgian მარგარიტი (margariṭi), მარგალიტი (margaliṭi), Abkhaz а-мыркы́лд (a-mərkʼə́ld), а-маркы́лд (a-markʼə́ld, “mother-of-pearl”), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moɾwɒːˈɾiːd/, /mæɾwɒːˈɾiːd/
• IPA^(key): /moɾvɒːˈɾiːd/

Noun

Dari	مروارید
Iranian Persian
Tajik	марворид

مروارید • (morvârid or marvârid) (plural مرواریدها (morvârid-hâ, marvârid-hâ))

1. pearl, margarite

Synonyms

• گسپرج (gasparaj)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mirvari
• → Hindustani:

  Urdu: مروارید (marvārīd)

• → Ottoman Turkish: مروارید (mervârîd)
  • Turkish: mervarid
• Uyghur: مەرۋايىت (merwayit)

Proper noun

مروارید • (morvârid)

1. a female given name, Morvarid, Murwarid, or Murwareed, from Middle Persian.

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: Mirvarid, Mirvari

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “morwārīd”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 56
• Gharib, B. (1995) “mrγʾrt(h)”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 217a
• Philip Huyse, "Greece xiii. Greek Loanwords in Middle Iranian Languages", Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 2002
• غلی اشرف صادقی، «‫فاوا، مُروارید ـ مَروارید‬، گان ـ گاد‬»، فرهنگ‌نویسی، شمارهٔ ۷، ۱۳۹۲، صص ۱۰۲–۱۱۰