نردبان

Ottoman Turkish

نردبان

Alternative forms

• مردیون (merdiven), مردیوه‌ن (merdiven)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian نردبان (nardabân).

Noun

نردبان • (nerdiban, nerdüban)

1. stair, staircase, stairway, used to walk up and down

   Synonym: سلم (sullem)

2. ladder, a portable frame used for ascent and descent

   Synonym: سلم (sullem)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “merdiven”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3149
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “نردبان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1271
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Scala”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[2], Vienna, column 1514
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “نردبان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 5160
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “merdiven”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نردبان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2079

Persian

Etymology

From نرد (“tree trunk”) بان, a variant of بام (“roof”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [naɾ.da.βɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näɾ.d̪ä.bɑːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näɾ.d̪ä.bɑːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [näɾ.d̪ä.bɑːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [näɾ.d̪ä.bɔːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næɹ.d̪e.bɒːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näɾ.d̪ä.bɔn]

Readings
Classical reading?	nardaḇān
Dari reading?	nardabān
Iranian reading?	nardebân
Tajik reading?	nardabon

Noun

Dari	زینه
Iranian Persian	نردبان
Tajik	нардабон

نَرْدِبان • (nardebân)

1. ladder (climbing tool)
2. staircase, steps

Synonyms

• سرت (regional)

Descendants

• → Armenian: նարդիվան (nardivan)
• → Azerbaijani: nərdivan
• → Crimean Tatar: nerduban
• → Ottoman Turkish: نردبان
  • Ottoman Turkish: مردیوه‌ن
    • Turkish: merdiven
    • Crimean Tatar: merdiven
• Turkmen: merdiwan

References

• Parsi dictionary‎^[5], (Can we date this quote?)