Where does “مردن” come from?

مردن (Urdu) comes from Sanskrit मर्दन — crushing, grinding, destroying, tormenting, rubbing.

مردن (Urdu): crushing; grinding; breaking

Definitions

  1. crushing; grinding; breaking

Ancestry of “مردن”, step by step

مردن traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit मर्दन

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमर्दनcrushing, grinding, destroying, tormenting, rubbing

via Classical Persian مردن

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianمردن
Every word from Sanskrit मर्दन