معرض

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ع ر ض (ʕ r ḍ)
15 terms

Noun of place from the verb عَرَضَ (ʕaraḍa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʕ.ridˤ/

Noun

مَعْرِض • (maʕriḍ) m (plural مَعَارِض (maʕāriḍ))

1. place where something appears or is shown
2. showroom, stage
3. exhibition, exposition
4. (commerce) fair
5. event, occurrence
6. opportunity
7. cause, motive
8. slave market
9. pasturage for cattle
10. gallery

Declension

Declension of noun مَعْرِض (maʕriḍ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَعْرِض maʕriḍ	الْمَعْرِض al-maʕriḍ	مَعْرِض maʕriḍ
Nominative	مَعْرِضٌ maʕriḍun	الْمَعْرِضُ al-maʕriḍu	مَعْرِضُ maʕriḍu
Accusative	مَعْرِضًا maʕriḍan	الْمَعْرِضَ al-maʕriḍa	مَعْرِضَ maʕriḍa
Genitive	مَعْرِضٍ maʕriḍin	الْمَعْرِضِ al-maʕriḍi	مَعْرِضِ maʕriḍi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَعْرِضَيْن maʕriḍayn	الْمَعْرِضَيْن al-maʕriḍayn	مَعْرِضَيْ maʕriḍay
Nominative	مَعْرِضَانِ maʕriḍāni	الْمَعْرِضَانِ al-maʕriḍāni	مَعْرِضَا maʕriḍā
Accusative	مَعْرِضَيْنِ maʕriḍayni	الْمَعْرِضَيْنِ al-maʕriḍayni	مَعْرِضَيْ maʕriḍay
Genitive	مَعْرِضَيْنِ maʕriḍayni	الْمَعْرِضَيْنِ al-maʕriḍayni	مَعْرِضَيْ maʕriḍay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَعَارِض maʕāriḍ	الْمَعَارِض al-maʕāriḍ	مَعَارِض maʕāriḍ
Nominative	مَعَارِضُ maʕāriḍu	الْمَعَارِضُ al-maʕāriḍu	مَعَارِضُ maʕāriḍu
Accusative	مَعَارِضَ maʕāriḍa	الْمَعَارِضَ al-maʕāriḍa	مَعَارِضَ maʕāriḍa
Genitive	مَعَارِضَ maʕāriḍa	الْمَعَارِضِ al-maʕāriḍi	مَعَارِضِ maʕāriḍi

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “معرض”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “معرض”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “معرض”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْرِض (maʕriḍ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [maʔ.ˈɾaz]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.ɾǽz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.ɾǽz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.ɾǽz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.ɾǽz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæʔ.ɹǽz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.ɾǽz]

Readings
Classical reading?	ma'raz
Dari reading?	ma'raz
Iranian reading?	ma'raz
Tajik reading?	maʾraz

Noun

معرض • (ma'raz)

1. place of exposure; being exposed

   در معرض خطر ― dar ma'raz-e xatar ― exposed to danger

   در معرض خورشید ― dar ma'raz-e xoršid ― exposed to sunlight

2. (obsolete) slave market
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 146:

     غلام زر خریدم لیک کو از خواجه آن قیمت
     که این بیقدر را در معرض به فروختن گیرد

     ğulām-i zar xarīdam lēk kū az xwāja ān qīmat
     ki īn bēqadr rā dar ma'raz ba furōxtan gīrad

     I bought a slave of gold, but where is the price for him from the master
     So that I may set myself to selling this worthless one in the market?

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “معرض”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “معرض”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press