Ottoman Turkish

Noun

مروارید • ‎(mervârid)

1. pearl

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian mwlwʾlyt' ‎(morwārīd), mlwʾlyt ‎(marwārīd), from Old Iranian *margārīta-. Akin to Manichaean Middle Persian mwrwʾryd ‎(morwārīd), Pazend 𐬨𐬏𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬭𐬍𐬝 ‎(mūravārīt̰), Manichaean Parthian mwrgʾryd ‎(morγārīd) (from earlier *margārīt), Sogdian mrγʾrt(h) ‎(marγārt, marγārit), Pashto مرغلره ‎(murghalara), Khotanese [script needed] pl ‎(mrāhe, “pearl”), Central Kurdish مرواری ‎(mirwarî). Possibly related to Sanskrit मञ्जरी ‎(mañjarī). Also compare Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης ‎(margarítēs), Old Armenian մարգարիտ ‎(margarit), Old Georgian მარგარიტი ‎(margariṭi), მარგალიტი ‎(margaliṭi), Abkhaz а-мыркы́лд ‎(ā-mərḳə́ld), а-маркы́лд ‎(ā-mārḳə́ld, “mother-of-pearl”), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic מרגניתא ‎(margānīṯā), Classical Syriac ܡܪܓܢܝܬܐ ‎(margānīṯā), ܡܪܓܢ ‎(margān) (> Arabic مَرْجَان ‎(marjān)), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /moɾwɒːˈɾiːd/, /mæɾwɒːˈɾiːd/
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /moɾvɒːˈɾiːd/

Noun

مروارید • ‎(marvârid, morvârid) ‎(plural مرواریدها ‎(marvârid-hâ, morvârid-hâ))

1. pearl, margarite

Synonyms

• گسپرج ‎(gasparaj)

Descendants

• > Hindustani:

  Urdu: مروارید ‎(marvārīd)

• > Ottoman Turkish: مروارید ‎(mervârîd)
  • Turkish: mervarid

Proper noun

مروارید • ‎(Morvârid)

1. A female given name, Morvarid

Descendants

• Azeri: Mirvarid, Mirvari

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “morwārīd”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 56
• Gharib, B. (1995), “mrγʾrt(h)”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 217a
• Philip Huyse, "Greece xiii. Greek Loanwords in Middle Iranian Languages", Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 2002
• غلی اشرف صادقی، «‫فاوا، مُروارید ـ مَروارید‬، گان ـ گاد‬»، فرهنگ‌نویسی، شمارهٔ ۷، ۱۳۹۲، صص ۱۰۲–۱۱۰