بجلی
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Urdu
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀆 (vijjuliā), from Sanskrit विद्युल्लता (vidyullatā, “forked lightning”), from विद्युत् (vidyut, “lightning”) + लता (latā, “creeper”). Cognate with Odia ବିଜୁଳି (bijuḷi), Gujarati વીજળી (vījaḷī), Nepali बिजुली (bijulī), Assamese বিজুলী (bizuli), Punjabi ਬਿਜਲੀ (bijlī).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bɪd͡ʒ.liː/
- Rhymes: -iː
Noun
بِجْلی • (bijlī) f (Hindi spelling बिजली)
Declension
| Declension of بجلی | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | بِجْلی (bijlī) | بِجْلِیاں (bijliyā̃) |
| oblique | بِجْلی (bijlī) | بِجْلِیوں (bijliyō̃) |
| vocative | بِجْلی (bijlī) | بِجْلِیو (bijliyō) |
Descendants
Further reading
- “بجلی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “بجلی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “bijlī”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 134
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “bij'lī”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 101