مریخ

See also: مريح

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْمِرِّيخ (al-mirrīḵ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [miɾ.ɾiːx]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɪr.riːx]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɪr.riːx]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɪr.riːx]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mir.rix]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [meɹ.ɹiːx]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [miɾ.ɾiχ]

Readings
Classical reading?	mirrīx
Dari reading?	mirrīx
Iranian reading?	merrix
Tajik reading?	mirrix

• Audio (Iran):

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Proper noun

مریخ • (merrix)

1. Mars (planet)

   Synonyms: بهرام (bahrâm), مارس (mârs)

Related terms

• مریخی (merrixi)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मिर्रीख़ (mirrīx)

  Urdu: مِرِّیخ (mirrīx)

• → Tatar: Merih

See also

• planets of the Solar System: سیاره‌های منظومه شمسی (sayyâre-hâ-ye manzume-ye šamsi): تیر (tir) · ناهید (nâhid) · زمین (zamin) · مریخ (merrix) · مشتری (moštari) · زحل (zohal) · اورانوس (urânus) · نپتون (neptun) ^[edit]

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مریخ”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic الْمِرِّيخ (al-mirrīḵ)bor.

Classical Persian مِرِّیخ (mirrīx)bor.

Urdu مِرِّیخ (mirrīx)

Borrowed from Classical Persian مِرِّیخ (mirrīx), borrowed from Arabic الْمِرِّيخ (al-mirrīḵ). First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi مریخ (mryx /⁠mirrīx⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɪɾ.ɾiːx/, [mɪ.riːx]
• (colloquial, Punjabic Urdu) IPA^(key): /mə.ɾiːx/
• Rhymes: -iːx

Proper noun

مِرِّیخ • (mirrīx) m (Hindi spelling मिर्रीख़)

1. (astronomy) Mars (planet)

   Synonym: مَن٘گَل (maṅgal)

Further reading

• “مریخ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “مریخ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]