مرجع

Arabic

Root
ر ج ع (r j ʕ)
22 terms

مَرَاجِع

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar.d͡ʒiʕ/

Noun

مَرْجِع • (marjiʕ) m (plural مَرَاجِع (marājiʕ))

1. recourse, retreat
   1. (especially) reference (like under this page), resource
2. (theology) marja'
3. (al-Andalus, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia) A unit of area equivalent in Granada to 528.42 m²
   • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802^IA, Cap. 22, Art. 2, page 109 line 10 a fine:

Declension

Declension of noun مَرْجِع (marjiʕ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرْجِع marjiʕ	الْمَرْجِع al-marjiʕ	مَرْجِع marjiʕ
Nominative	مَرْجِعٌ marjiʕun	الْمَرْجِعُ al-marjiʕu	مَرْجِعُ marjiʕu
Accusative	مَرْجِعًا marjiʕan	الْمَرْجِعَ al-marjiʕa	مَرْجِعَ marjiʕa
Genitive	مَرْجِعٍ marjiʕin	الْمَرْجِعِ al-marjiʕi	مَرْجِعِ marjiʕi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرْجِعَيْن marjiʕayn	الْمَرْجِعَيْن al-marjiʕayn	مَرْجِعَيْ marjiʕay
Nominative	مَرْجِعَانِ marjiʕāni	الْمَرْجِعَانِ al-marjiʕāni	مَرْجِعَا marjiʕā
Accusative	مَرْجِعَيْنِ marjiʕayni	الْمَرْجِعَيْنِ al-marjiʕayni	مَرْجِعَيْ marjiʕay
Genitive	مَرْجِعَيْنِ marjiʕayni	الْمَرْجِعَيْنِ al-marjiʕayni	مَرْجِعَيْ marjiʕay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرَاجِع marājiʕ	الْمَرَاجِع al-marājiʕ	مَرَاجِع marājiʕ
Nominative	مَرَاجِعُ marājiʕu	الْمَرَاجِعُ al-marājiʕu	مَرَاجِعُ marājiʕu
Accusative	مَرَاجِعَ marājiʕa	الْمَرَاجِعَ al-marājiʕa	مَرَاجِعَ marājiʕa
Genitive	مَرَاجِعَ marājiʕa	الْمَرَاجِعِ al-marājiʕi	مَرَاجِعِ marājiʕi

Descendants

• → Spanish: marjal

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “مرجع”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 513
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “مرجع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْجِع (marjiʕ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [maɾ.ˈd͡ʒaʔ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.d͡ʒǽʔ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.d͡ʒǽʔ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.d͡ʒǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.d͡ʒǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæɹ.d͡ʒǽʔ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.d͡ʒǽʔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	marja'
Dari reading?	marja'
Iranian reading?	marja'
Tajik reading?	marjaʾ

Noun

مرجع • (marja') (plural مراجع (marâje'))

1. authorities; place of recourse

   مرجع قضایی ― marja'-e qazâyi ― judicial authorities

2. (academia) reference
3. (art) subject (of a work)
4. (Shia Islam) Short for مرجع تقلید (marja'-e taqlid).

Further reading

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