مریض

See also: مريض

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَرِيض (marīḍ).

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ma.ˈɾiːz]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.ɾíːz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.ɾíːz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mä.ɾíːz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mä.ɾíz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæ.ɹíːz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.ɾíz]

Readings
Classical reading?	marīz
Dari reading?	marīz
Iranian reading?	mariz
Tajik reading?	mariz

Adjective

Dari	مریض
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мариз

مریض • (mariz) (comparative مریض‌تَر (mariz-tar), superlative مریض‌تَرین (mariz-tarin))

1. sick, ill, unwell

   Synonyms: بیمار (bimâr), خسته (xaste)

   Antonym: سالم (sâlem, “healthy”)

2. unsound

Inflection

Predicative forms of مریض (mariz)
	singular	plural
1st person (“I am, we are”)	مریضم (marizam)	مریضیم (marizim)
2nd person (“you are”)	مریضی (marizi)	مریضید (marizid) مریضین △ (marizin)
3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”)	مریض است (mariz ast) مریضه △ (marize)	مریضند (marizand) مریضن △ (marizan)
△ Colloquial.

Derived terms

• مریض کردن (mariz kardan, “to cause to fall ill”)
• مریض شدن (mariz šodan, “to fall ill”)
• مریض‌خانه (mariz-xâne, “hospital”)
• مریضی (marizi, “patient; illness”)

Related terms

• مرض (maraz, “disease, illness”)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: मरीज़ (marīz)
  • Urdu: مریض (marīz)
• → Punjabi:
  • Gurmukhi script: ਮਰੀਜ਼ (marīz)
  • Shahmukhi script: مریض (marīz)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مریض (marīz), from Arabic مَرِيض (marīḍ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mə.ɾiːz/

Noun

مَرِیض • (marīz) ? (Hindi spelling मरीज़)

1. a sick person, patient
2. sick, ill, diseased, ailing

References

• “مریض”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مریض”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.