रोगी (rogii)
noun/adjective
Primarily a noun meaning 'patient, sick person'; it also works as an adjective meaning 'diseased/sickly,' describing a person or thing prone to or afflicted with illness.
Sense
1
:
a sick person, patient
noun, masculine/feminine
Synonyms: बीमार (biimaar), मरीज़ (mariiz)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: You will hear मरीज़ (mariiz) far more often at an actual clinic or hospital counter, while रोगी (rogii) has a slightly more formal or written feel, the kind of word you might see on a hospital sign like रोगी विभाग (rogii vibhaag, 'patient department') or hear from a doctor speaking somewhat formally.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often reach for बीमार (biimaar) as a noun ('the sick person'), but बीमार (biimaar) is mainly used as an adjective ('sick, ill'); मरीज़ (mariiz) and रोगी (rogii) are the natural nouns for 'patient,' with मरीज़ (mariiz) being the more everyday, hospital-register word. 2) रोगी (rogii) does not change form for gender in the singular oblique-looking way some -ई nouns do -- it stays रोगी (rogii) for both a male and a female patient in casual speech, though careful writing may mark agreement elsewhere in the sentence.
Sample Sentences:
इस अस्पताल में हर दिन सैकड़ों रोगी आते हैं।
Hundreds of patients come to this hospital every day.
(is asptaal men har din saikdon rogii aate hain।)
डॉक्टर साहब अभी एक रोगी को देख रहे हैं।
The doctor is examining a patient right now.
(doktar saahab abhii ek rogii ko dekh rahe hain।)
रोगी विभाग तीसरी मंज़िल पर है।
The patient department is on the third floor.
(rogii vibhaag tiisrii manzil par hai।)
उस रोगी को कल ही भर्ती किया गया था।
That patient was admitted only yesterday.
(us rogii ko kal hii bhartii kiyaa gayaa thaa।)
कृपया रोगी को शांत रहने के लिए कहें।
Please tell the patient to stay calm.
(kripyaa rogii ko shaant rahne ke lie kahen।)
यदि रोगी की हालत बिगड़े तो तुरंत सूचित करें।
If the patient's condition worsens, inform us at once.
(yadi rogii kii haalat bigde to turant soochit karen।)
अगर समय पर इलाज मिलता तो रोगी बच जाता।
If treatment had been given in time, the patient would have survived.
(agar samay par ilaaj miltaa to rogii bach jaataa।)
सरकारी अस्पतालों में रोगियों की संख्या लगातार बढ़ रही है।
The number of patients in government hospitals keeps increasing.
(sarkaarii asptaalon men rogiyon kii sankhyaa lagaataar badh rahii hai।)
नर्स ने रोगी की नब्ज़ जाँची।
The nurse checked the patient's pulse.
(nars ne rogii kii nabz jaanchii।)
आने वाले वर्षों में इस बीमारी के रोगियों की संख्या और बढ़ेगी।
In the coming years, the number of patients with this disease will increase further.
(aane vaale varshon men is biimaarii ke rogiyon kii sankhyaa aur badhegii।)
Sense
2
:
diseased, sickly, prone to illness
adjective
Synonyms: बीमार (biimaar), अस्वस्थ (asvasth, formal)
Frequency: low
Cultural Note: This adjectival use extends beyond people -- you might describe a रोगी मन (rogii man, 'a diseased/troubled mind') or a रोगी समाज (rogii samaaj, 'a sick society') in more reflective or literary speech, giving रोगी (rogii) a slightly broader metaphorical reach than the plain-spoken बीमार (biimaar).
Sample Sentences:
यह पेड़ रोगी लग रहा है, इसकी पत्तियाँ पीली पड़ गई हैं।
This tree looks diseased, its leaves have turned yellow.
(yah ped rogii lag rahaa hai, iskii pattiyaan piilii pad gaii hain।)
उसका मन इतना रोगी हो चुका है कि उसे किसी पर भरोसा नहीं होता।
His mind has become so diseased that he does not trust anyone.
(uskaa man itnaa rogii ho chukaa hai ki use kisii par bharosaa nahiin hotaa।)
यह एक रोगी समाज है, जहाँ हर कोई स्वार्थ में डूबा है।
This is a sick society, where everyone is drowned in self-interest.
(yah ek rogii samaaj hai, jahaan har koii svaarth men doobaa hai।)
बचपन से ही वह एक रोगी बालक था, हमेशा किसी न किसी बीमारी से घिरा रहता।
Since childhood he was a sickly boy, always surrounded by one illness or another.
(bachpan se hii vah ek rogii baalak thaa, hameshaa kisii n kisii biimaarii se ghiraa rahtaa।)
अगर तुम्हारा शरीर इतना रोगी न होता, तो तुम यह यात्रा आराम से कर पाते।
If your body were not so sickly, you would have been able to make this journey comfortably.
(agar tumhaaraa shariir itnaa rogii n hotaa, to tum yah yaatraa aaraam se kar paate।)
कवि ने अपनी कविता में एक रोगी सभ्यता का चित्रण किया है।
The poet has depicted a diseased civilization in his poem.
(kavi ne apnii kavitaa men ek rogii sabhytaa kaa chitran kiyaa hai।)
डॉक्टर ने कहा कि यह फसल रोगी है और इसे तुरंत हटाना होगा।
The doctor said this crop is diseased and it will have to be removed at once.
(doktar ne kahaa ki yah phasal rogii hai aur ise turant hataanaa hogaa।)
क्या तुम्हें नहीं लगता कि यह एक रोगी सोच है?
Don't you think this is a diseased way of thinking?
(kyaa tumhen nahiin lagtaa ki yah ek rogii soch hai?)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m/f.direct):
रोगी
(rogii)
(sg.m/f.oblique):
रोगी
(rogii)
(pl.m/f.direct):
रोगियाँ
(rogiyaan)
(pl.m/f.oblique):
रोगियों
(rogiyon)
Adjective (invariant)
invariant:
रोगी
(rogii)