مرکب

See also: مركب

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مُرَكَّب (murakkab).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.ɾak.ˈkaβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.ɾäk.kʰǽb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.ɾäk.kʰǽb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.ɾäk.kʰǽb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.ɾäk.kʰǽb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.ɹækʲ.kʰʲǽb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.ɾäk.kʰǽb]

Readings
Classical reading?	murakkaḇ
Dari reading?	murakkab
Iranian reading?	morakkab
Tajik reading?	murakkab

Adjective

مرکب • (morakkab)

1. compound, composite

Noun

مرکب • (morakkab)

1. (black) ink

   Synonyms: جوهر (jowhar), زکاب (zakâb), (Mughal Empire) روشنائی (rūšnāʼī)

   مرکب چاپ ― morakkab-e čâp ― printing ink

Usage notes

• The Arabic plural مرکبات (morakabbât) now means "citrus fruits."

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْكَب (markab).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	markaḇ
Dari reading?	markab
Iranian reading?	markab
Tajik reading?	markab

Noun

مرکب • (markab) (plural مراکب (marâkeb))

1. anything upon which one rides:
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3342:

     از حق إن الظن لا يغنی رسید
     مرکب ظن بر فلک‌‌ها کی دوید

     az Haq "in al-zana lâ yuğni" rasîd
     markab-i-zan bar falak-hâ kay davîd

     From God came (the text), “Verily, opinion doth not enable (you) to dispense (with the Truth)”:
     when did the steed of opinion run to the Heavens?

   1. ship, boat, vessel
   2. horse, camel