मरकज़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مرکز (markaz), from Arabic مَرْكَز (markaz).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /məɾ.kəz/, [mɐɾ.kɐz], /məɾ.kəd͡ʒ/, [mɐɾ.kɐd͡ʒ]

Noun

मरकज़ • (markaz) m (Urdu spelling مَرْکَز)

1. centre

   Synonym: केंद्र (kendra)

Declension

Declension of मरकज़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मरकज़ markaz	मरकज़ markaz
oblique	मरकज़ markaz	मरकज़ों markazõ
vocative	मरकज़ markaz	मरकज़ो markazo

Derived terms

• मरकज़ी (markazī)

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मरकज”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मरकज़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 791
• Platts, John T. (1884) “مرکز”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1024
• “मरकज़”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.