murdar

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Albanian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مردار (murdar).

Adjective

murdar (feminine murdare) (archaic)

  1. filthy, dirty, unclean
    Synonym: i ndyrë
  2. vulgar, indecent
    Synonym: i poshtër
Derived terms

Noun

murdar m (archaic)

  1. foul creature
    Synonym: ndyracak

References

  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “murdar”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 318f.
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “murdar”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 299b
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “murdár”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 291

Etymology 2

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Noun

murdar m (dialectal)

  1. whim, caprice
    i ka këcye murdarhe's got an idea into his head

References

  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “murdar”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 299b

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مردار (murdar), ultimately from Persian مردار (mordâr).

Adjective

murdar m (feminine murdarã, masculine plural murdari, feminine plural murdari or murdare)

  1. dirty

Azerbaijani

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian مردار.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [murˈdɑr]
  • Hyphenation: mur‧dar

Adjective

murdar (comparative daha murdar, superlative ən murdar)

  1. unclean, dirty, impure, provoking disgust
  2. (Islam) ritually unclean

Further reading

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مردار (murdar), ultimately from Persian مردار (mordâr).

Adjective

murdar

  1. dirty

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مردار (murdar), ultimately from Persian مردار (mordâr). Doublet of muri.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mur.ˈdar/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ar
  • Hyphenation: mur‧dar
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

murdar m or n (feminine singular murdară, masculine plural murdari, feminine and neuter plural murdare)

  1. dirty
    Antonym: curat

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Adverb

murdar

  1. dirty, dirtily

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مردار (murdar, carcass; dirty, filthy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mǔrdaːr/
  • Hyphenation: mur‧dar

Adjective

mùrdār (Cyrillic spelling му̀рда̄р)

  1. (regional) unclean, dirty, dissolute

Noun

mùrdār m (Cyrillic spelling му̀рда̄р)

  1. (regional) unclean, dirty, dissolute person, person who has fallen into physical and moral ruin

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • murdar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • Tomislav Maretić, editor (1911–1916), “murdar”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 7, Zagreb: JAZU, page 159

Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مردار (murdar, carcass; dirty, filthy).

Pronunciation

Adjective

murdar

  1. dirty, unclean
    Synonym: kirli
    • Bu murdar kümeste nasıl oturuyorsun bilmem?
      I don't know how you sit in this filthy coop.
  2. (someone) who hasn't washed after sexual intercourse
  3. (Islam) (an animal) not slaughtered in accordance with religious laws

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading