murdar

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muɾˈdaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مردار (murdar).

Adjective

murdar (feminine murdare) (archaic)

1. filthy, dirty, unclean

   Synonym: i ndyrë

2. vulgar, indecent

   Synonym: i poshtër

Derived terms

• murdareps
• murdaris
• murdaroj

Related terms

• mortje

Noun

murdar m (archaic)

1. foul creature

   Synonym: ndyracak

References

• Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “murdar”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 318f.
• Mann, S. E. (1948), “murdar”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 299b
• Meyer, G. (1891), “murdár”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 291

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

murdar m (dialectal)

1. whim, caprice

   i ka këcye murdar ― he's got an idea into his head

References

• Mann, S. E. (1948), “murdar”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 299b

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• murdaru

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مردار (murdar), ultimately from Persian مردار (mordâr).

Adjective

murdar m (feminine murdarã, masculine plural murdari, feminine plural murdari or murdare)

1. dirty

Azerbaijani

Alternative forms

• mundar

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian مردار.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [murˈdɑr]
• Hyphenation: mur‧dar

Adjective

murdar (comparative daha murdar, superlative ən murdar)

1. unclean, dirty, impure, provoking disgust
2. (Islam) ritually unclean

References

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “murdar”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎ (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 3, Baku: Şərq-Qərb

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مردار (murdar), ultimately from Persian مردار (mordâr).

Adjective

murdar

1. dirty

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مردار (murdar), ultimately from Persian مردار (mordâr). Doublet of muri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mur.ˈdar/

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• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: mur‧dar

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Adjective

murdar m or n (feminine singular murdară, masculine plural murdari, feminine/neuter plural murdare)

1. dirty

   Antonym: curat

Declension

Declension of murdar

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	murdar		murdară		murdari	murdare
	definite	murdarul		murdara		murdarii	murdarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	murdar		murdare		murdari	murdare
	definite	murdarului		murdarei		murdarilor	murdarelor

Synonyms

• cotozit (Moldavia)
• imund
• jegos
• mazac (rare, Moldavia)
• mizerabil
• morșelit (Banat)
• nespălat
• răpănos
• spurcat

Derived terms

• murdări
• murdărie

Adverb

murdar

1. dirty, dirtily

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مردار (murdar, “carcass; dirty, filthy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǔrdaːr/
• Hyphenation: mur‧dar

Adjective

mùrdār (Cyrillic spelling му̀рда̄р)

1. (regional) unclean, dirty, dissolute

Noun

mùrdār m anim (Cyrillic spelling му̀рда̄р)

1. (regional) unclean, dirty, dissolute person, person who has fallen into physical and moral ruin

Declension

Declension of murdar

	singular	plural
nominative	mùrdār	murdari
genitive	murdára	murdara
dative	murdaru	murdarima
accusative	murdara	murdare
vocative	murdaru	murdari
locative	murdaru	murdarima
instrumental	murdarom	murdarima

Derived terms

• murdara
• murdarluk
• murdarski
• murdarstvo

References

• “murdar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• Tomislav Maretić, editor (1911–1916), “murdar”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎ (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 7, Zagreb: JAZU, page 159

Turkish

Alternative forms

• mundar (colloquial)

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مردار (murdar, “carcass; dirty, filthy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muɾˈdaɾ/

Adjective

murdar

1. dirty, unclean

   Synonym: kirli

   Bu murdar kümeste nasıl oturuyorsun bilmem?

   I don't know how you sit in this filthy coop.

2. (someone) who hasn't washed after sexual intercourse
3. (Islam) (an animal) not slaughtered in accordance with religious laws

Declension

Predicative forms of murdar

present tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I am)	murdarım	murdar mıyım?
sen (you are)	murdarsın	murdar mısın?
o (he/she/it is)	murdar / murdardır	murdar mı?
biz (we are)	murdarız	murdar mıyız?
siz (you are)	murdarsınız	murdar mısınız?
onlar (they are)	murdar(lar)	murdar(lar) mı?
past tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	murdardım	murdar mıydım?
sen (you were)	murdardın	murdar mıydın?
o (he/she/it was)	murdardı	murdar mıydı?
biz (we were)	murdardık	murdar mıydık?
siz (you were)	murdardınız	murdar mıydınız?
onlar (they were)	murdardılar	murdar mıydılar?
indirect past
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	murdarmışım	murdar mıymışım?
sen (you were)	murdarmışsın	murdar mıymışsın?
o (he/she/it was)	murdarmış	murdar mıymış?
biz (we were)	murdarmışız	murdar mıymışız?
siz (you were)	murdarmışsınız	murdar mıymışsınız?
onlar (they were)	murdarmışlar	murdar mıymışlar?
conditional
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (if I)	murdarsam	murdar mıysam?
sen (if you)	murdarsan	murdar mıysan?
o (if he/she/it)	murdarsa	murdar mıysa?
biz (if we)	murdarsak	murdar mıysak?
siz (if you)	murdarsanız	murdar mıysanız?
onlar (if they)	murdarsalar	murdar mıysalar?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Derived terms

• murdar etmek
• murdar gitmek
• murdar olmak
• murdarlık

Related terms

• mert

Further reading

• “murdar”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “murdar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük