מַּרְדֵּס noun [masculine] preserve, park (loan-word from Zend pairi-daêza, enclosure, Spieg Haug in Ew^Jahrb. see 162 f., compare Spieg^{Avesta i. 293}; Persian pâlêz Lag^{Ges. Abh. 75, 211}, Kurdish parês Nö^{ZMG xxxvi (1882), 182}; hence Armenian partêz Lag^{Arm. Stud. § 1878}, late Assyrian pardisu Meissn^{ZA vi. 290}, Arabic ; Greek παράδεισος; compare also Dl^{Pa 95 ff.} Di^{Genesis 2:8}); — ׳הַמּ Nehemiah 2:8 (containing trees); construct מַּרְדֵּס רִמּוֺנִים Songs 4:13 (fruit-trees and costly plants); plural מַּרְדֵּסִים Ecclesiastes 2:5 (+ גַּנּוֺת).