মরজি

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • মর্জি (morji), মরজী (morji), মর্জী (morji)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُرْضِي (murḍī, pleasing). Compare Gujarati મરજી (marjī), Hindi मरज़ी (marzī), Punjabi ਮਰਜ਼ੀ (marzī), Marathi मर्जी (marjī).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /moɾd͡ʒi/, [ˈmoɾd͡ʒiˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /moɹdʑi/, [ˈmoɹdʑiˑ]

Noun

মরজি • (morji)

  1. wish, will, desire
  2. choice, preference, favour

Declension

indefinite forms
nominative মরজি (mōrji)
objective মরজি / মরজিকে (mōrji (semantically general or indefinite) / mōrjike (semantically definite))
genitive মরজির (mōrjir)
locative মরজিতে / মরজিয় (mōrjite / mōrjiẏ)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative মরজিটি , মরজিটা (mōrjiṭi, mōrjiṭa) মরজিগুলি, মরজিগুলা, মরজিগুলো (mōrjiguli, mōrjigula, mōrjigulō)
objective মরজিটি, মরজিটা (mōrjiṭi, mōrjiṭa) মরজিগুলি, মরজিগুলা, মরজিগুলো (mōrjiguli, mōrjigula, mōrjigulō)
genitive মরজিটির, মরজিটার (mōrjiṭir, mōrjiṭar) মরজিগুলির, মরজিগুলার, মরজিগুলোর (mōrjigulir, mōrjigular, mōrjigulōr)
locative মরজিটিতে, মরজিটাতে, মরজিটায় (mōrjiṭite, mōrjiṭate, mōrjiṭaẏ) মরজিগুলিতে, মরজিগুলাতে, মরজিগুলায়, মরজিগুলোতে (mōrjigulite, mōrjigulate, mōrjigulaẏ, mōrjigulōte)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “মরজি”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]