بیماری

Persian

Etymology

From بیمار (bêmâr) +‎ ـی (-i, suffix forming abstract nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /beː.maː.ˈriː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beː.mɑː.ɾíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beː.mɑː.ɾíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [beː.mɑː.ɾíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [beː.mɔː.ɾí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [biː.mɒː.ɹíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [be.mɔ.ɾí]

Readings
Classical reading?	bēmārī
Dari reading?	bēmārī
Iranian reading?	bimâri
Tajik reading?	bemori

Noun

بیماری • (bēmārī / bimâri) (plural بیماری‌ها (bēmārī-hā / bimâri-hâ), Tajik spelling беморӣ)

1. illness
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1433:

     حاش لله از کمال جاه او
     کابر بیماری بپوشد ماه او

     hāš Allāh az kāmal-i jāh-i ō
     k-abr-i bēmārī bi-pōšad māh-i ō

     God forbid, in view of the perfection of his (spiritual) attainments,
     that the cloud of sickness should cover his moon!

2. disease

Derived terms

• بیماری ایدز (bimâri-ye eydz)
• بیماری‌زا (bimâri-zâ)
• بیماری قند (bimâri-ye qand)

Punjabi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁-

Middle Persian -ār

Middle Persian wymʾl

Classical Persian بیمار

Middle Persian 𐭩𐭧 (yḥ /⁠-īh⁠/)

Classical Persian ـی (-ē)

Classical Persian بیمَارِی (bēmārī)bor.

Punjabi بیماری

Borrowed from Classical Persian بیمَارِی (bēmārī). By surface analysis, بیمار (bīmār) +‎ ی (ī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /biː.mäː.ɾiː/
  • (colloquial) IPA^(key): [bɪ.mäː.ɾiː], [bɐ.mäː.ɾiː]
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: بی‧ما‧ری

Noun

بِیماری • (bīmārī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਬੀਮਾਰੀ)

1. illness, disease, ailment

   Synonyms: مَرْض (marẓ), روگ (rog)

2. (figuratively) disease, blight

Declension

Declension of بیماری

	singular	plural
direct	بِیماری (bīmārī)	بِیمارِیاں (bīmārīyāṉ)
oblique	بِیماری (bīmārī)	بِیمارِیاں (bīmārīyāṉ)
vocative	بِیمارئِیے (bīmār'iye)	بِیمارِیو (bīmārīv)
ablative	بِیمارِیوں (bīmārīvṉ)	—
locative	بِیمارے (bīmāre)	بِیمارِیں (bīmārīṉ)
instrumental	—	—

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “بِیماری”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012), “بیماری”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਬੀਮਾਰੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁-

Middle Persian -ār

Middle Persian wymʾl

Classical Persian بیمار

Middle Persian 𐭩𐭧 (yḥ /⁠-īh⁠/)

Classical Persian ـی (-ē)

Classical Persian بیمَارِی (bēmārī)bor.

Urdu بیماری

Borrowed from Classical Persian بیمَارِی (bēmārī). By surface analysis, بیمار (bīmār) +‎ ی (ī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /biː.mɑː.ɾiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: بی‧ما‧ری

Noun

بِیماری • (bīmārī) f (Hindi spelling बीमारी)

1. illness, disease

   Synonyms: مَرْض (marz), روگ (rog)

Declension

Declension of بیماری

	singular	plural
direct	بیماری (bīmārī)	بیمارِیاں (bīmāriyā̃)
oblique	بیماری (bīmārī)	بیمارِیوں (bīmāriyō̃)
vocative	بیماری (bīmārī)	بیمارِیو (bīmāriyō)

Further reading

• “بیماری”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بیماری”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.