معماری

See also: معماري

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian معماری (mi'mārī), from مِعْمَار (mi'mār, “architect”) +‎ ـِی (-ī, suffix forming abstract nouns). By surface analysis, معمار (mi'mâr) +‎ ـی (-î).

Noun

مِعْمَارِی • (mi'mârî)

1. architecture

   Synonym: معمارلق (mi'mârlık)

Descendants

• Turkish: mimari

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “معماری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1914

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /miʔ.maː.ˈriː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [me̞ʔ.mɑː.ɾíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [me̞ʔ.mɑː.ɾíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [meː.mɑː.ɾíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [meː.mɔː.ɾí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [meʔ.mɒː.ɹíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [meʔ.mɔ.ɾí]

Readings
Classical reading?	mi'mārī
Dari reading?	me'mārī
Iranian reading?	me'mâri
Tajik reading?	me'mori

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Etymology 1

معمار (me'mâr, “architect”) +‎ ـی (-i, suffix forming abstract nouns)

Noun

Dari	معماری
Iranian Persian
Tajik	меъморӣ

معماری • (me'mâri)

1. architecture

   Synonym: مهرازی (mehrâzi)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: معماری (mi'mârî)
  • Turkish: mimari
• → Urdu: معماری (me'mārī)

Etymology 2

معمار (me'mâr, “architect”) +‎ ـی (-i, suffix forming adjectives)

Adjective

Dari	معماری
Iranian Persian
Tajik	меъморӣ

معماری • (me'mâri)

1. architectural

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian معماری (mi'mārī), from مِعْمَار (mi'mār, “architect”) +‎ ـِی (-ī, suffix forming abstract nouns). By surface analysis, مِعْمار (me'mār) +‎ ـِی (-ī).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /meː.(ʔ)mɑː.ɾiː/

Noun

مِعْمَارِی • (me'mārī) f (Hindi spelling मेमारी)

1. building; architecture; masonry
2. the occupation of a builder, architect, mason

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884), “معماری”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “معماری”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.