مرغابی
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Gojri
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مرغابی (murğābī). By surface analysis, مُرْغ (murġ) + آبِی (ābī).
Noun
ْمُرْغَابِی (murġābī) f
- waterfowl (an aquatic bird)
Further reading
- Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 402.
- Javaid Rahi (2015) “ْمُرْغَابِی”, in گوجری ڈکشنری [Gojri Dictionary] (in Gojri), page 830, column 1.
Persian
Etymology
From مرغ (morğ, “fowl”) + آبی (âbi, “marine, of the water”), literally “water fowl”.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | murğāḇī |
| Dari reading? | murğābī |
| Iranian reading? | morğâbi |
| Tajik reading? | murġobi |
Noun
مرغابی • (morğâbi)
Descendants
- → Gojri: مُرْغَابِیْ (murġābī)
- → Gujarati: મુરઘાબી (murghābī)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: मुर्ग़ाबी (murġābī)
- Urdu: مُرْغَابِی (murġābī)
- → Kashmiri:
- → Marwari:
- → Punjabi: murġābī
- Gurmukhi script: ਮੁਰਗ਼ਾਬੀ
- Shahmukhi script: مُرْغَابِی
- → Saraiki:
- Devanagari script: मुरग़ाबी (murġābī)
- Multani script: 𑊠𑊢𑊆𑊝 (mrgb)
- Shahmukhi script: مُرْغَابِی (murġābī)
- → Sindhi: muraġābī
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مرغابی (murğābī). By surface analysis, مُرْغ (murġ) + آبِیْ (ābī).
Noun
مُرْغَابِی • (murġābī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੁਰਗ਼ਾਬੀ)
Declension
| Declension of مرغابی | ||
|---|---|---|
| dir. sg. | مُرْغَابی (murġābī) | |
| dir. pl. | مُرْغَابِیاں (murġābīyāṉ) | |
| singular | plural | |
| direct | مُرْغَابی (murġābī) | مُرْغَابِیاں (murġābīyāṉ) |
| oblique | مُرْغَابی (murġābī) | مُرْغَابِیاں (murġābīyāṉ) |
| vocative | مُرْغَابِیے (murġābiye) | مُرْغَابِیو (murġābīv) |
| ablative | مُرْغَابِیوں (murġābīvṉ) | مُرْغَابِیاں (murġābīyāṉ) |
| locative | — | — |
| instrumental | — | — |
Further reading
- “ਮੁਰਗਾਬੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “مُرغابی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz, page 2517
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مرغابی (murğābī). By surface analysis, مُرْغ (murġ) + آبِی (ābī).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mʊɾ.ɣɑː.biː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: مُرْ‧غَا‧بِی
Noun
مُرْغَابِی • (murġābī) f (Hindi spelling मुर्ग़ाबी)
Declension
| Declension of مرغابی | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| direct | مُرْغَابِی (murġābī) | مُرْغَابِِیاں (murġābiyā̃) | ||||||
| oblique | مُرْغَابِی (murġābī) | مُرْغَابِِیوں (murġābiyō̃) | ||||||
| vocative | مُرْغَابِی (murġābī) | مُرْغَابِِیو (murġābiyō) | ||||||
References
- “مرغابی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مرغابی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 581
- “مرغابی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.