مریخ

See also: مريح

Persian

Etymology

  • Borrowed from Arabic الْمِرِّيخ (al-mirrīḵ).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? mirrīx
    Dari reading? mirrīx
    Iranian reading? merrix
    Tajik reading? mirrix
    • Audio (Iran):(file)

    Proper noun

    مریخ • (merrix)

    1. Mars (planet)
      Synonyms: بهرام (bahrâm), مارس (mârs)

    Descendants

    • Hindustani:
      Hindi: मिर्रीख़ (mirrīx)
      Urdu: مِرِّیخ (mirrīx)
    • Tatar: Merih

    See also

    Further reading

    Urdu

    Etymology

  • Borrowed from Classical Persian مِرِّیخ (mirrīx), borrowed from Arabic الْمِرِّيخ (al-mirrīḵ). First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi مریخ (mryx /⁠mirrīx⁠/).[1]

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    مِرِّیخ • (mirrīxm (Hindi spelling मिर्रीख़)

    1. (astronomy) Mars (planet)
      Synonym: مَن٘گَل (maṅgal)

    References

    1. ^ مریخ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

    Further reading

    • مریخ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “مریخ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]