मरहूम

See also: मरहम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مرحوم (marhūm), from Arabic مَرْحُوم (marḥūm). Compare Punjabi ਮਰਹੂਮ (marhūm) / مَرحُوم (marḥūm), Gujarati મરહૂમ (marhūm), Sindhi مَرَحُومُ / मरहूम, Bengali মরহুম (morhum).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /məɾ.ɦuːm/, [mɐɾ.ɦũːm]

Adjective

मरहूम • (marhūm) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling مَرْحُوم)

1. (euphemistic) deceased, the late, dead

   Synonyms: मुरदा (murdā), मृत (mŕt), स्वर्गवासी (svargavāsī), स्वर्गीय (svargīya)

Further reading

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “मरहूम”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 579
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मरहूम”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3801
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मरहूम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 793
• Platts, John T. (1884) “مرحوم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1021
• “मरहूम”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.