بیمار

Persian

Dari بیمار
Iranian Persian
Tajik бемор

Etymology

    From Middle Persian 𐭥𐭩𐭬𐭠𐭫 (wēmār, “sick, ill”), from Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁- (“to spew, vomit”) + ār (agent suffix). Cognate with Latin vomō (“be sick, vomit”), Northern Kurdish bîvêr.

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? bēmār, bīmār
    Dari reading? bēmār
    Iranian reading? bimâr
    Tajik reading? bemor
    • Audio (Iran):(file)

    Noun

    بیمار • (bimâr) (plural بیماران, or بیمارها)

    1. sick or ill person
      Synonyms: مریض (mariz), ناخوش (nâxoš), دردمند (dardmand), ناتندرست (nâtandorost)

    Derived terms

    Adjective

    بیمار • (bimâr) (comparative بیمارتَر, superlative بیمارتَرین)

    1. sick, ill

    Inflection

    Predicative forms of بیمار (bimâr)
    singular plural
    1st person
    (“I am, we are”)     		بیمارم (bimâram) بیماریم (bimârim)
    2nd person
    (“you are”)     		بیماری (bimâri) بیمارید، بیمارین△ (bimârid, bimârin△)
    3rd person
    (“he/she/it is, they are”)     		بیمار است، بیماره△ (bimâr ast, bimâre△) بیمارند، بیمارن△ (bimârand, bimâran△)

    △ Colloquial.

    Descendants

    • → Assamese: বেমাৰ (bemar)
    • → Gujarati: બીમાર (bīmār)
    • → Hindustani:
      Hindi: बीमार (bīmār)
      Urdu: بیمار (bīmār)
    • → Odia: ବେମାରିଆ (bemāriā)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: بیمار (bîmâr)

    Further reading

    • Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “بیمار”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 67

    Sindhi

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian بیمار (bīmār).

    Adjective

    بیمار • (bīmār)

    1. ill, sick

    Urdu

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian بیمار (bīmār).

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /biː.mɑːɾ/
    • Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
    • Hyphenation: بی‧مار

    Adjective

    بِیمار • (bīmār) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling बीमार)

    1. ill; sick
      Synonyms: مَرِیض (marīẓ), روگی (rogī)
    2. (figuratively) in love, lover

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • “بیمار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    • “بیمار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بيمار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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