مركزي

See also: مرکزی and مرڪزي

Arabic

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of مَرْكَز (markaz, “center”) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

مَرْكَزِيّ • (markaziyy) (feminine مَرْكَزِيَّة (markaziyya), masculine plural مَرْكَزِيُّونَ (markaziyyūna), feminine plural مَرْكَزِيَّات (markaziyyāt))

1. central

Declension

Declension of adjective مَرْكَزِيّ (markaziyy)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَرْكَزِي markazī	الْمَرْكَزِي al-markazī	مَرْكَزِيَّة markaziyya	الْمَرْكَزِيَّة al-markaziyya
Nominative	مَرْكَزِيٌّ markaziyyun	الْمَرْكَزِيُّ al-markaziyyu	مَرْكَزِيَّةٌ markaziyyatun	الْمَرْكَزِيَّةُ al-markaziyyatu
Accusative	مَرْكَزِيًّا markaziyyan	الْمَرْكَزِيَّ al-markaziyya	مَرْكَزِيَّةً markaziyyatan	الْمَرْكَزِيَّةَ al-markaziyyata
Genitive	مَرْكَزِيٍّ markaziyyin	الْمَرْكَزِيِّ al-markaziyyi	مَرْكَزِيَّةٍ markaziyyatin	الْمَرْكَزِيَّةِ al-markaziyyati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَرْكَزِيَّيْن markaziyyayn	الْمَرْكَزِيَّيْن al-markaziyyayn	مَرْكَزِيَّتَيْن markaziyyatayn	الْمَرْكَزِيَّتَيْن al-markaziyyatayn
Nominative	مَرْكَزِيَّانِ markaziyyāni	الْمَرْكَزِيَّانِ al-markaziyyāni	مَرْكَزِيَّتَانِ markaziyyatāni	الْمَرْكَزِيَّتَانِ al-markaziyyatāni
Accusative	مَرْكَزِيَّيْنِ markaziyyayni	الْمَرْكَزِيَّيْنِ al-markaziyyayni	مَرْكَزِيَّتَيْنِ markaziyyatayni	الْمَرْكَزِيَّتَيْنِ al-markaziyyatayni
Genitive	مَرْكَزِيَّيْنِ markaziyyayni	الْمَرْكَزِيَّيْنِ al-markaziyyayni	مَرْكَزِيَّتَيْنِ markaziyyatayni	الْمَرْكَزِيَّتَيْنِ al-markaziyyatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَرْكَزِيِّين markaziyyīn	الْمَرْكَزِيِّين al-markaziyyīn	مَرْكَزِيَّات markaziyyāt	الْمَرْكَزِيَّات al-markaziyyāt
Nominative	مَرْكَزِيُّونَ markaziyyūna	الْمَرْكَزِيُّونَ al-markaziyyūna	مَرْكَزِيَّاتٌ markaziyyātun	الْمَرْكَزِيَّاتُ al-markaziyyātu
Accusative	مَرْكَزِيِّينَ markaziyyīna	الْمَرْكَزِيِّينَ al-markaziyyīna	مَرْكَزِيَّاتٍ markaziyyātin	الْمَرْكَزِيَّاتِ al-markaziyyāti
Genitive	مَرْكَزِيِّينَ markaziyyīna	الْمَرْكَزِيِّينَ al-markaziyyīna	مَرْكَزِيَّاتٍ markaziyyātin	الْمَرْكَزِيَّاتِ al-markaziyyāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mərkəzi
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: मरकज़ी (markazī)
  • Urdu: مَرْکَزِی (markazī)
• → Persian: مرکزی
• → Punjabi:
  • Shahmukhi script: مَرْکَزِی (markazī)
• → Sindhi: مرڪزي
• → Turkish: merkezî
• → Turkmen: merkezi
• → Uyghur: مەركىزىي (merkiziy)
• → Uzbek: markaziy

References

• Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “مركزي”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN