ساڑی
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Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀟𑀻 (sāḍī), from Sanskrit शाटी (śāṭī), from शाट (śāṭa, “strip of cloth”). Doublet of شَال (śāl) through Persian. Compare Punjabi ਸਾੜ੍ਹੀ (sāṛhī) / ساڑھی (sāṛhī), Sindhi ساڙهيِ / साढ़ी, Gujarati સાડી (sāḍī), Marathi साडी (sāḍī), Bengali শাড়ি (śaṛi), Assamese শাৰী (xari), Sylheti ꠢꠣꠠꠤ (haṛi), Malayalam സാരി (sāri).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sɑː.ɽiː/
Noun
سَاڑِی • (sāṛī) f (Hindi spelling साड़ी)
- sari (traditional dress of women in the Indian Subcontinent)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | سَاڑِی (sāṛī) | سَاڑِِیاں (sāṛiyā̃) |
| oblique | سَاڑِی (sāṛī) | سَاڑِِیوں (sāṛiyō̃) |
| vocative | سَاڑِی (sāṛī) | سَاڑِِیو (sāṛiyō) |
References
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ساڑهی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śāṭa1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press