मरीज़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مریض (marīz), from Arabic مَرِيض (marīḍ, “ill, sick”), from the root م ر ض (m r ḍ). Compare Punjabi ਮਰੀਜ਼ (marīz).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mə.ɾiːz/, [mɐ.ɾiːz], /mə.ɾiːd͡ʒ/, [mɐ.ɾiːd͡ʒ]
• Rhymes: -iːz

Noun

मरीज़ • (marīz) m (Urdu spelling مریض)

1. patient, an ill person

   Synonym: रोगी (rogī)

Declension

Declension of मरीज़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मरीज़ marīz	मरीज़ marīz
oblique	मरीज़ marīz	मरीज़ों marīzõ
vocative	मरीज़ marīz	मरीज़ो marīzo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “marīz”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press