مضراب

Azerbaijani

Noun

مضراب (mizrab) (definite accusative مضرابی, plural مضرابلار)

1. Arabic spelling of mizrab (“plectrum”)

Declension

Declension of مضراب

	singular	plural
nominative	مضراب	مضرابلار
definite accusative	مضرابێ	مضرابلارێ
dative	مضرابا	مضرابلارا
locative	مضرابدا	مضرابلاردا
ablative	مضرابدان	مضرابلاردان
definite genitive	مضرابێن	مضرابلارێن

Ottoman Turkish

مضراب

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِضْرَاب (miḍrāb, “plectrum”).

Noun

مضراب • (mızrab) (definite accusative مضرابی (mızrabı), plural مضاریب (mazârîb))

1. plectrum, a small piece of metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of an instrument, such as a lyre, guitar, etc.

   Synonyms: تازیانه (taziyane), زخمه (zahme)

Descendants

• Turkish: mızrap

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mızrap”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3211
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “mızrâb”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 768
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مضراب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1182
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Plectrum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1307
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مضراب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 4714
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mızrap”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مضراب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1884

Persian

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic مِضْرَاب (miḍrāb).

Noun

مضراب • (mezrâb)

1. plectrum
2. (music) mezrab, a small lightweight hammer with a slightly curved end and an inbuilt pick that is used to play the santur (Iranian hammered dulcimer) by striking the strings.

Synonyms

• زخمه (zaxme)