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submerge
  ۱) مرچیدن؛ ۲) مرچاندن  
1) marcidan; 2) marcândan
Fr.: submerger  

  1. To sink or plunge under water or beneath the surface of any enveloping medium.

  2. To cover or overflow with water; immerse (Dictionary.com).

Etymology (EN): From L. submergere, from → sub- + mergere “to dip, immerse;” probably by rhotacism from PIE *mezg- “to dip, plunge;” cf. Skt. majj- “to sink in water;” Lith. mazgoju “to wash.”

Etymology (PE): Marcidan, from Av. mraoc- “to float, submerge;” cf. Skt. mroc/mloc “to go down, set (of the Sun), to disappear, to hide;” Kurd., Laki, Nahâvandi, Bovir-Ahmadi mala- “swim,” Kurd. melâna “ship, boat,” melaq “wave” may be related to this Av. form.