مرچ

See also: مزح, مرج, and مرخ

Baluchi

Etymology

From Hindi मिर्च (mirc, “chili”).

Noun

مرچ • (mirc)

pepper

Chagatai

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit मरिच (marica)

Sanskrit मरीच (marīca)

Urdu مِرْچ (mirc)bor.

Hindi मिर्च (mirc)bor.

Classical Persian (murč)bor.

Chagatai مرچ

Borrowed from Classical Persian (murč), from Hindustani.

Noun

مرچ • (mrč /murč/) (uncountable)

pepper

Descendants

Uyghur: مۇرچ (murch)
Uzbek: murch

Khalaj

Noun

مُرچ (murç) (definite accusative مُرچوُ, plural مُرچلار)

Arabic spelling of murç (“wrist”)

Declension

Declension of
	singular	plural
nominative	مرچ	مرچلار
genitive	مرچؽݧ	مرچلارؽݧ
dative	مرچقا	مرچلارقا
definite accusative	مرچؽ	مرچلارؽ
locative	مرچچا	مرچلارچا
ablative	مرچدا	مرچلاردا
instrumental	مرچلا	مرچلارلا
equative	مرچواره	مرچلارواره

Malay

Proper noun

مرچ

Jawi spelling of Marc.‎

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani مرچ / मिर्च (mirc), or from dialectal Hindi मरिच (maric) (in Iran), from Sanskrit मरिच (marica).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈmirt͡ʃ/, /ˈmurt͡ʃ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊɾt͡ʃ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊɾt͡ʃ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [muɾt͡ʃ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæ.ɹet͡ʃʰ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [muɾt͡ʃ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mirč, murč
Dari reading^?	murč
Iranian reading^?	mareč
Tajik reading^?	murč

(Sistani) IPA^(key): /moɾtʃ/

Noun

مرچ • (murč / mareč) (Tajik spelling мурч) (chiefly Dari, Tajik; dialectal in Iran)

pepper
Synonym: فلفل (filfil / felfel)
spice

Descendants

→ Baluchi: مرچ (mirc)
→ Bashkir: борос (boros)
→ Chagatai: مرچ (mrč /⁠murč⁠/)
- Uyghur: مۇرچ (murch)
- Uzbek: murch
→ Kazakh: бұрыш (būryş)
→ Kyrgyz: мурч (murc)
→ Old Uyghur: [script needed] (murč, “Piper nigrum”)^[1]
→ Southern Altai: мырч (mïrč)
→ Turkmen: burç

References

^ Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 351

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मरीच (marīca), from मरिच (marica).

Noun

مرچ • (mirc) f (Hindi spelling मिर्च)

pepper (in both senses)

[1] Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 351

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