مردمک

See also: مردمك

Persian

Etymology

(mardom) +‎ (-ak).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [maɾ.du.ˈmak]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.d̪ʊ.mǽk]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.d̪ʊ.mǽk]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.d̪u.mǽk]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæɹ.d̪o.mǽkʲ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.d̪u.mǽk]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mardumak
Dari reading^?	mardumak
Iranian reading^?	mardomak
Tajik reading^?	mardumak

Noun

مردمک • (mardomak)

little man
pupil (of the eye)
Synonym: حدقه (hadaqe)
lentil
Synonyms: عدس (ʼadas), بلسن (bulsun)

Alternative forms: مرجمک (marjomak), مرجومک (marjumak), مرجو (marju)

Related terms

مردم (mardom)
مردمک چشم (mardomak-e češm)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: mərdümək, mərcimək, mərci
→ Ottoman Turkish: مردمك (merdümek), مرجمك (mercimek)
- Turkish: merdimek, mercimek, mercemek, mürdümük, mürdük, mercek
- → Armenian: մէրճիմէկ (mērčimēk) — Constantinople
- → Bulgarian: мерджеме́к (merdžemék), мержеме́к (meržemék), мермжеме́к (mermžemék), мерджумек (merdžumek)
- → Georgian: მერჯიმეგ (merǯimeg) — Imerkhevi

Further reading

Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “مردمک”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 1158b

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