morchan.

Brit.

/ˈmɔːtʃə/, U.S.

/ˈmɔr(t)ʃə/

Forms: 1800s moorcha, 1800s morchah, 1800s– morcha.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Urdu. Partly a borrowing from Persian. Etymons: Urdu morča; Persian morča.

Etymology: < Urdu morča (in colloquial Urdu pronunciation also as morčā) and its etymon Persian morča (in South Asian Persian also as mūrča, mūrčā); further etymology uncertain.The Urdu and Persian word is perhaps a diminutive form of mūr ant, or perhaps a shortening of a compound such as morča-bandī, mūrčal, murjal, all in sense ‘entrenchment’. However, the Persian form mūrčāl (as though < mūr ant + čāl pit, apparently with reference to the similarity between military fortifications and antheaps) is perhaps the result of folk etymology. It has also been suggested that the word is ultimately derived < Mongolian boljār time and place set for a meeting, agreed rendezvous (compare Chaghatay Turkish boljar place where troops assemble before a campaign ( < Mongolian), whence Persian bōljār, 14th cent. with reference to troop movements, from 15th cent. in sense ‘part of the line of encirclement in a siege’): see further G. Doerfer Türkische u. Mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen (1963–75).

South Asian.

1. Military. An entrenchment; a fortification; a gun emplacement. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > trench > an entrenchment

entrenchment1590

trenchment1604

lopeskonce1624

morcha1885

1885 G. C. Whitworth Anglo-Indian Dict. 211/1 Morchah, an entrenchment, the embrasures of a fort.

1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. (at cited word) Moorcha, a battery of guns.

1897 W. S. Churchill in Daily Tel. 13 Nov. 7/7 A morcha—a small stone fort.

1927 Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 587/1 A burst of musketry broke out from the other bank, which was then observed to have morchas all along it.

2. An organized march, demonstration, or rally.

ΚΠ

1946 Civil & Mil. Gaz. 10 July 5/1 A ‘morcha’ at Mahatma Gandhi's Poon residence is planned.

1960 J. Nehru Let. 13 June in S. Gandhi Two Alone (1992) 632 The Akali demonstrations, morcha, etc., were a big show yesterday.

1969 Enactment (Delhi) Nov. 18/1 It is a procession, a morcha. They carry lights and flags... Every day we have morchas, but what good does it do anybody?

1986 Star & Style (Bombay) 19 Dec. 13/2 A massive morcha took place in Bombay on the twenty first of October in which practically the whole industry participated.

1992 Sunday Times of India 19 Apr. 1/7 A minimum of 1,000 people from each taluka will participate in the morcha organised to make the government aware of acute scarcity of drinking water, foodgrain and fodder in the state.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	morcha
释义	morchan. Brit. /ˈmɔːtʃə/, U.S. /ˈmɔr(t)ʃə/ Forms: 1800s moorcha, 1800s morchah, 1800s– morcha. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Urdu. Partly a borrowing from Persian. Etymons: Urdu morča; Persian morča. Etymology: < Urdu morča (in colloquial Urdu pronunciation also as morčā) and its etymon Persian morča (in South Asian Persian also as mūrča, mūrčā); further etymology uncertain.The Urdu and Persian word is perhaps a diminutive form of mūr ant, or perhaps a shortening of a compound such as morča-bandī, mūrčal, murjal, all in sense ‘entrenchment’. However, the Persian form mūrčāl (as though < mūr ant + čāl pit, apparently with reference to the similarity between military fortifications and antheaps) is perhaps the result of folk etymology. It has also been suggested that the word is ultimately derived < Mongolian boljār time and place set for a meeting, agreed rendezvous (compare Chaghatay Turkish boljar place where troops assemble before a campaign ( < Mongolian), whence Persian bōljār, 14th cent. with reference to troop movements, from 15th cent. in sense ‘part of the line of encirclement in a siege’): see further G. Doerfer Türkische u. Mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen (1963–75). South Asian. 1. Military. An entrenchment; a fortification; a gun emplacement. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > trench > an entrenchment entrenchment1590 trenchment1604 lopeskonce1624 morcha1885 1885 G. C. Whitworth Anglo-Indian Dict. 211/1 Morchah, an entrenchment, the embrasures of a fort. 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. (at cited word) Moorcha, a battery of guns. 1897 W. S. Churchill in Daily Tel. 13 Nov. 7/7 A morcha—a small stone fort. 1927 Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 587/1 A burst of musketry broke out from the other bank, which was then observed to have morchas all along it. 2. An organized march, demonstration, or rally. ΚΠ 1946 Civil & Mil. Gaz. 10 July 5/1 A ‘morcha’ at Mahatma Gandhi's Poon residence is planned. 1960 J. Nehru Let. 13 June in S. Gandhi Two Alone (1992) 632 The Akali demonstrations, morcha, etc., were a big show yesterday. 1969 Enactment (Delhi) Nov. 18/1 It is a procession, a morcha. They carry lights and flags... Every day we have morchas, but what good does it do anybody? 1986 Star & Style (Bombay) 19 Dec. 13/2 A massive morcha took place in Bombay on the twenty first of October in which practically the whole industry participated. 1992 Sunday Times of India 19 Apr. 1/7 A minimum of 1,000 people from each taluka will participate in the morcha organised to make the government aware of acute scarcity of drinking water, foodgrain and fodder in the state. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1885
随便看	hempagrimony hempbeater hempbrake hempbraker hempbush hempbushes hempcake hempclose hempcock hempdike hempdresser hempdub hempen hempen caudle hempen cravat hempen homespun hempener hempenest hempenly hempenner hempennest hempfillis hempgarth henry groat henry noble