مارماهی

Persian

Alternative forms

مار ماهی (mār māhī / mâr mâhi)
ماهی مار (māhī mār / mâhi mâr)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Persian (mār / mâr)

Middle Persian mʾhyk'

Persian (māhī / mâhi)

Persian

From (mār / mâr, “snake”) + (māhī / mâhi, “fish”). Akin to Arabic مَارْمَاهِيج (mārmāhīj, “eel”), whence Middle Armenian մարմահիճ (marmahič). See more at Azerbaijani ilanbalığı for cognates.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /maːr.maː.ˈhiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑːɾ.mɑː.ɦiː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑːɾ.mɑː.jiː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔːɾ.mɔː.ji]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mɒːɹ.mɒː.ɦiː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɔɾ.mɔ.ɦi]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mārmāhī
Dari reading^?	mārmāhī
Iranian reading^?	mârmâhi
Tajik reading^?	mormohi

Noun

مارماهی • (mārmāhī / mârmâhi) (Tajik spelling мормоҳӣ)

eel

Descendants

→ Arabic: مَارْمَاهِي (mārmāhī, “eel”)
→ Ottoman Turkish: مارماهی (marmahi, “eel”)