- Proto-Hindo-Ewropaki ra *mer ("merdene") > *mer-to ("merdım") + *teuk- ("familya, keye, eşire")
- Proto-Aryaki ra
- Soğdki: marta-tauxma- ("merdım")
- Pehlewki: martum ("merdım")
- Goranki: mardim ("merdım")
- (Zazaki: mardim) Alfabeyê Ariki
- Horn, Paul. Dictionary of Persian Etymology (Strassburg, 1893),
- Watkins, Calvert. The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, 2nd ed., Houghton Mifflin Co., 2007. *Amazon.com ra,
- MacKenzie, David Neil. The dialect of Awroman (Hawraman-i Luhon) Grammatical sketch, texts, and vocabulary. 1966, Kommissionaer: Munksgaard (København).,
- Etymonline. Online English Etymology Dictionary. <etymonline.com> by Douglas Harper.,
- Julius Pokorny's Indo-European Etymological Dictionary
- Hemrıstım: merdene, toxım, cıwanmerd
- Teme!: Rıstımê *mer-to ra Avesta mareta, Farskiyo Khn. marda, Partki mrd, Farskiyo Myn. mard, Sogdki mrt, Farski mard, Kurdki mard... ("merdım") yenê.
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