मरीज़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian مریض (mariz), from Arabic مَرِيض (marīḍ, “ill, sick”), from the root م ر ض (m-r-ḍ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) 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)

References

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