مرخ

See also: مزح‎, مرچ‎, and مرج‎

Persian

Etymology

Akin to Old Armenian մարխ (marx) and Arabic مرخ‎ (marx).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mæɾx/

Noun

مرخ • (marx)

a particular tree
the lower one of the two pieces of wood from which fire is struck by rubbing, the upper being called عفار‎ (ʻafār), and both taking their names from the tree from which they are respectively cut

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “مرخ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
“مرخ” in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, Dehkhoda Dictionary, Tehran: University of Tehran Press, 1931–.

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