Mordecai

English

Alternative forms

• Mordechai

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מָרְדֳּכַי (mordocháy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔː(ɹ)dəkaɪ̯/

Proper noun

Mordecai

1. (biblical) One of the main personalities in the Book of Esther. He adopted and raised his cousin Esther and foiled a plot to assassinate the king.
2. A male given name

Translations

a Biblical character in the Book of Esther

• Arabic: مَرْدْخَاي (mardḵāy), مَرْخَان (marḵān), مُورْدِخَاي (mūrdiḵāy)
• Catalan: Mardoqueu m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 末底改 (zh) (Mòdǐgǎi)

• French: Mardochée (fr) m
• German: Mardochai m, Mordechai m, Mordochai m
• Greek: Μαρδοχαίος (el) m (Mardochaíos)

  Ancient: Μαρδοχαῖος m (Mardokhaîos)

• Hebrew: מָרְדֳּכַי (he) m (mordocháy), מָרְדְּכַי (he) m (mord'cháy)
• Hindi: मोर्दकै m (mordakai)
• Italian: Mardocheo (it) m
• Latin: Mardocheus m, Mardochaeus m
• Occitan: Mardoquèu m
• Persian: مردخای (fa) (mardxây)
• Polish: Mardocheusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Mordecai m, Mardoqueu m
• Russian: Мардохе́й m (Mardoxéj)
• Spanish: Mardoqueo m
• Urdu: مردکی (mardkay), مردخای (mardxāy)
• Yiddish: מרדכי m (mordkhe)

male given name

• Italian: Mordecai m
• Polish: Mordechaj (pl) m

Anagrams

• meroacid, racemoid