موریانه
Appearance
Persian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from the word مور (mur, “ant”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *marwíš.
Noun
[edit]موریانه • (muryâne) (plural موریانهها (muryâne-hâ))
- termite
- Synonyms: مورچهی سفید (murče-ye sefid), ریونجه (rivanje), ترده (tarde)
References
[edit]- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “موریانه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 311