মরদ

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Bengali

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Etymology

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From Classical Persian مرد (mard), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mŕ̥tas, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós (dead, mortal), from *mer- (to die); whence also মরা (mora, to die), and মরদান (mordan, men). Cognates include Sanskrit मर्त (marta, mortal, man), Ancient Greek βροτός (brotós, mortal), English mortal. Other borrowings from Persian are Hindi मर्द (mard), Turkish mert (manly).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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মরদ (morod) (comparative আরও মরদ, superlative সবচেয়ে মরদ)

  1. manly
    কে বেশী মরদ, দেখি তো?
    ke beśī môrôd, dekhi to?
    Who is more manly, let us see?

Noun

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মরদ (morod) (objective মরদ (morod) or মরদকে (mordoke), genitive মরদের (morder), locative মরদে (morde) or মরদেতে (mordete))

  1. man; an adult male human.
    Synonym: আদমী (adomi)
  2. mensch; a man who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family.
    এমন জোয়ান মরদ
    emôn joan môrôd
    Such a young mensch
    - Shamsuddin Abul Kalam

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