ساقی
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Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | sāqī |
| Dari reading? | sāqī |
| Iranian reading? | sâği |
| Tajik reading? | soqi |
Noun
| Dari | ساقی |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | соқӣ |
ساقی • (sâqi)
- cupbearer
- (colloquial, Iran) drug dealer
- Synonyms: موادفروش (mavâd-foruš), فروشنده مواد مخدر (forušande-ye mavâdd-e moxadder)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian سَاقِی (sāqī), from Arabic سَاقٍ (sāqin).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sɑː.qiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: سَا‧قِی
Noun
سَاقِی • (sāqī) m (feminine ساقِیا (sāqiyā), Hindi spelling साक़ी)
- cupbearer
- water carrier
- bartender
- hookah-bearer
- (Sufism) spiritual guide, sheik
- (figuratively) lover
Further reading
More information
- “ساقی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “ساقی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ساقی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 364
- Platts, John T. (1884) “ساقی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 625
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “ساقی”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 738