# murdar
## Albanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /muɾˈdaɾ/
* Rhymes: -aɾ

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مردار (murdar).

#### Adjective

murdar (feminine murdare) (archaic)
* filthy, dirty, unclean
    Synonym: i ndyrë
* vulgar, indecent
    Synonym: i poshtër

##### Derived terms

* murdareps
* murdaris
* murdaroj

##### Related terms

* mortje

#### Noun

murdar m (archaic)
* 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

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#### Noun

murdar m (dialectal)
* 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)
* dirty

## Azerbaijani
### Alternative forms

* mundar

### Etymology

Borrowed from Persian مردار.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [murˈdɑr]
* Hyphenation: mur‧dar

### Adjective

murdar (comparative daha murdar, superlative ən murdar)
* unclean, dirty, impure, provoking disgust
* (Islam) ritually unclean

### Further reading

* “murdar” in Obastan.com.

## Megleno-Romanian
### Etymology

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

### Adjective

murdar
* dirty

## Romanian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mur.ˈdar/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ar
* Hyphenation: mur‧dar
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### Adjective

murdar m or n (feminine singular murdară, masculine plural murdari, feminine and neuter plural murdare)
* dirty
    Antonym: curat

#### Synonyms

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

#### Derived terms

* murdări
* murdărie

### Adverb

murdar
* dirty, dirtily

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mǔrdaːr/
* Hyphenation: mur‧dar

### Adjective

mùrdār (Cyrillic spelling му̀рда̄р)
* (regional) unclean, dirty, dissolute

### Noun

mùrdār m (Cyrillic spelling му̀рда̄р)
* (regional) unclean, dirty, dissolute person, person who has fallen into physical and moral ruin

#### 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: /muɾˈdaɾ/

### Adjective

murdar
* dirty, unclean
    Synonym: kirli
** Bu murdar kümeste nasıl oturuyorsun bilmem?I don't know how you sit in this filthy coop.
* (someone) who hasn't washed after sexual intercourse
* (Islam) (an animal) not slaughtered in accordance with religious laws

#### 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