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م ر ك

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses place names, specifically coastal towns in Yemen and Zanzibar. It also includes a derogatory term for a passive homosexual.

Derived headwords

مَرَاكnoun
  1. 1.
    Place name in Yemenclassical

    A place in Yemen on the coast of the sea, where ships dock, located a day's journey from Aden towards Mecca.

مَرَاكnoun
  1. 1.
    Place name in Zanzibarclassical

    A place in the land of the Zanj (East Africa).

مَرْكnoun
  1. 1.
    Passive homosexualclassical

    A man who is sexually penetrated; an effeminate man.

ميركname
  1. 1.
    Proper nameclassical

    A proper name, specifically referring to a scholar named Nasim al-Din Mirk Shah, whose full name was Muhammad al-Husni al-Shirazi al-Harawi.

Parallel reading

هو: باليمن على ساحل البحر، وفيه ترفأ السفن على مرحلة من عدن مما يلي مكة حرسها الله تعالى
It is in Yemen on the coast of the sea, and ships dock there a day's journey from Aden towards Mecca, may God protect it.
وقد أرسيت به مرارا
And I have docked there several times.
ومرْكة: بالزنجبار، أي من بلاد الزنج
And Markah: is in Zanzibar, meaning from the lands of the Zanj.
والمرك ككتف: المأبون
And al-Mark, like 'katif': the passive homosexual.
ميرك، بكسر الميم وفتح الراء: علم
Mirk, with a kasra on the mim and a fatha on the ra: a proper name.
والسيد الحافظ نسيم الدين ميرك شاه، واسمه محمد الحسني الشيرازي الهروي
And the scholar, the preserver of hadith, Nasim al-Din Mirk Shah, and his name was Muhammad al-Husni al-Shirazi al-Harawi.