مورچه

Persian

مورچه‌ها

Etymology

Diminutive of مور (mōr / mur), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mwl /⁠mōr⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *marwíš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *marwíš, from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /moːr.ˈt͡ʃa/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [moːɾ.t͡ʃʰä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [moːɾ.t͡ʃʰä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [moːɾ.t͡ʃʰä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mʊːɾ.t͡ʃʰä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [muːɹ.t͡ʃʰe]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɵɾ.t͡ʃʰä]

Readings
Classical reading?	mōrča
Dari reading?	mōrča
Iranian reading?	murče
Tajik reading?	mürča

Noun

مورچه • (mōrča / murče) (plural مورچگان (mōrčagān / murčegân), or مورچه‌ها (mōrča-hā / murče-hâ), Tajik spelling мӯрча)

1. ant

   Synonym: مور (mōr / mur)

2. hole, trench

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मोर्चा (morcā)

  Urdu: مورچہ

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਮੋਰਚਾ (morcā)

  Shahmukhi script: مورچہ (morcah)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “مورچه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1343