মরদ

মরদ

Bengali

Alternative forms

• মর্দ (môrdô)

Etymology

From Classical Persian مرد‎ (mard), which is from Middle Persian mlt' (mard), GBRA (mard), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎼𐎫𐎡𐎹 (martiya), from Proto-Iranian *mŕ̥tah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mŕ̥tas, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós (“dead, mortal”), from *mer- (“to die”); whence also মরা (môra, “to die”), and মরদান (môrôdan, “men”).

Cognates include Turkish mert (“manly”), Northern Kurdish mêr (“husband”), Sanskrit मर्त (marta, “mortal, man”), Old Armenian մարդ (mard, “man”), Ancient Greek βροτός (brotós, “mortal”), English mortal and also with Latin maritus (“husband”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.ɾɔd/, [mɔ.ɾɔd̪]

Adjective

মরদ • (môrôd) (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

মরদ • (môrôd) (objective মরদ or মরদকে, genitive মরদের, locative মরদে or মরদেতে)

1. man; an adult male human.

   Synonym: আদমী (admī)

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

Derived terms

• মরদানা (môrôdana)
• মরদ আদমি (môrôd admi)
• মরদামি (môrôdami)
• মরদ বাচ্চা (môrôd bacca)
• মরদের বাচ্চা (môrôder bacca)
• মরদ কা বাত হাতি কা দাঁত (môrôd ka bat hati ka dãt)
• মরদবাজ (môrôdbaz)

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “মরদ” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “মরদ” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh