مرکز

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْكَز (markaz).

مرکز • (markáz) m

1. center, midpoint
2. center (of power, culture etc.)
3. capital
4. center (an organization, institution)

• “مرکز”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.
• Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “مرکز”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْكَز (markaz).

مرکز • (markaz)

1. centre, center
2. heart
3. headquarters
4. capital

• مرکزی (markazi)

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मरकज़ (markaz)

  Urdu: مَرْکَز (markaz)

• → Punjabi: markaz

  Gurmukhi script: ਮਰਕਜ਼

  Shahmukhi script: مَرْکَز

• → Sindhi:

  Arabic script: مَرْڪَزُ

  Devanagari script: मर्कज़ु

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

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /məɾ.kəz/
• Rhymes: -əz
• Hyphenation: مَر‧کَز

مَرْکَز • (markaz) m (formal plural مراکز, Hindi spelling मरकज़)

1. centre, center
2. (geometry) centerpoint
3. hub
4. headquarter
5. (typography) stroke (written above the letter kāf or twice on the letter gāf)
6. (rare) capital

   Synonym: دارْاَلْحَکُومَت (dāralḥakūmat)

• “مرکز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مرکز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.