المريخ

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Etymology

    From the root م ر خ (m r ḵ), meaning "to rub", "to leak sap (especially flammable oils)", "to anoint or cover in oil", "to rub together flammable branches"; stemming from the red color of the planet being associated with fire, a conception found in archaic synonyms as well.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /al.mir.riːx/
      • (Moroccan) IPA(key): /(ɪ)l.mar.riːx/

    Proper noun

    الْمِرِّيخ (al-mirrīḵ) m

    1. (astronomy) Mars (planet)

    Declension

    More information Singular, basic singular triptote ...
    Singular basic singular triptote
    Indefinite Definite Construct
    Informal الْمِرِّيخ
    al-mirrīḵ
    Nominative الْمِرِّيخُ
    al-mirrīḵu
    Accusative الْمِرِّيخَ
    al-mirrīḵa
    Genitive الْمِرِّيخِ
    al-mirrīḵi
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    Synonyms

    • المُحَرِّق (al-muḥarriq, the burner, the burning one>)
    • عَزِيزَان (ʕazīzān, the most powerful, strongest, the most intense)
    • الأَحْمَر (al-ʔaḥmar, the red one)
    • النَحْسَانِ (an-naḥsāni, the two misfortunes), paired with Saturn, contrasted with Venus and Mercury, or Venus and Jupiter in another tradition
    • النَحْس الأَصْغَر (an-naḥs al-ʔaṣḡar, the lesser misfortune), contrasted with Saturn the greater

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • South Levantine Arabic: المريخ (il-marrīḵ)
    • Azerbaijani: Mərrix
    • Central Kurdish: مەریخ (merîx)
    • Kurdish: Merîx
    • Classical Persian: مِرِّیخ (mirrīx)
      • Hindustani:
        Hindi: मिर्रीख़ (mirrīx)
        Urdu: مِرِّیخ (mirrīx)
      • Tatar: Merih
    • Classical Syriac: ܡܰܪܪܻܝܟ (marrīḵ)
    • Ottoman Turkish: مریخ (Merrîh)
      • > Turkish: Merih (inherited)
      • Crimean Tatar: Merih
    • Malay: Marikh
    • Swahili: Mirihi, Murihi, Meriki
    • Tatar: Мәрих (Märix)
    • Turkmen: Myrryh
    • Uyghur: مېرىخ (mërix)
    • Uzbek: Mirrix

    See also

    Further reading

    • Freytag, Georg (1837) “المريخ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 167

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