معرکه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْرَكَة (maʕraka).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.ɾä.kʰǽ]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæʔ.ɹe.kʰʲé]

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

Readings
Classical reading?	ma'raka
Dari reading?	ma'raka
Iranian reading?	ma'reke
Tajik reading?	maʾraka

Noun

معرکه • (ma'reke)

1. arena, place for acrobatic performances
2. crowded place
3. (archaic) battlefield

Derived terms

• معرکه گرفتن (ma'reke gereftan)
• معرکه‌گیری (ma'reke-giri)

Adjective

معرکه • (ma'reke)

1. (colloquial) amazing, good, very well done

Further reading

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