مارخور
Persian
Alternative forms
- مارخوار (mârxâr)
Etymology
From مار (mâr, “snake”) + خور (xor, “present stem of the verb 'to eat'”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /maːr.ˈxʷar/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mɑːɾ.xʊ́ɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mɒːɹ.xóɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mɔɾ.χɵ́ɾ], [mɔɾ.χɔ́ɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | mārxwar |
| Dari reading? | mārxur |
| Iranian reading? | mârxvar |
| Tajik reading? | morxür, morxor |
Noun
مارخور • (mārxwar / mârxvar) (Tajik spelling морхӯр, or морхор)
Further reading
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “مارخور”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.
- “مارخور”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژهجو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2025
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مارخوار (mār-xʷār, literally “snake-eater”), variant of مارخور.
Noun
مارخور • (mārxor) m (Hindi spelling मारख़ोर)
Descendants
- → English: markhor
References
- “مارخور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “مارخور”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “مارخور”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “مارخور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.