মরদ

Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَرْد (mard).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /mɔɾod̪/, [ˈmɔɾod̪]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /mɔɹod̪/, [ˈmɔɹod̪]

Adjective

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

  1. manly
    কে বেশী মরদ, দেখি তো?
    ke beśi morod, dekhi tō?
    Who is more manly, let us see?

Noun

মরদ • (morod)

  1. man
    Synonym: আদমী (adomi)
  2. mensch

Inflection

indefinite forms
nominative মরদ (morod)
objective মরদকে (morod (semantically general or indefinite) / morodke (semantically definite))
genitive মরদের (moroder)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative মরদটা, মরদটি (morodṭa (colloquial), morodṭi (formal)) মরদেরা (morodera)
objective মরদটাকে, মরদটিকে (morodṭake (colloquial), morodṭike (formal)) মরদদের(কে) (morodder(ke))
genitive মরদটার, মরদটির (morodṭar (colloquial), morodṭir (formal)) মরদদের (morodder)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

  • মরদ আদমি (morod adomi)
  • মরদ কা বাত হাতি কা দাঁত (morod ka bat hati ka dãt)
  • মরদ বাচ্চা (morod bacca)
  • মরদবাজ (mordobaj)
  • মরদানা (mordana)
  • মরদামি (mordami)
  • মরদের বাচ্চা (morder bacca)

Further reading

  • মরদ”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-Bengali], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.
  • মরদ”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-English], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.
  • Bhaṭṭācārya, Subhāsha (2003) “মরদ”, in Saṁsada Bāṁlā uccāraṇa abhidhāna, 2nd edition, Kalikata: Sāhitya Saṃsada, →OCLC, page 321.
  • Dāsa, Jñānendramohana (1937-1938) “মরদ”, in Bāṅgālā bhāshāra abhidhāna (in Bengali), 2nd edition, Kalikata: Indian Publishing House, →OCLC, page 1728.