مرداب

Persian

Etymology

From (murd/mord, “to die”) +‎ (āb/âb, “water”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mur.ˈdaːb/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊɾ.d̪ɑ́ːb]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊɾ.d̪ɑ́ːb]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [muɾ.d̪ɔ́ːb̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [moɹ.d̪ɒ́ːb̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [muɾ.d̪ɔ́b]

Readings
Classical reading^?	murdāb
Dari reading^?	murdāb
Iranian reading^?	mordâb
Tajik reading^?	murdob

Noun

مرداب • (murdāb / mordâb) (Tajik spelling мурдоб)

stagnant swamp

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “مرداب”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim