अशरफ़ी

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Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَشْرَفِی (ašrafī)[1] with the metathesis of Classical Persian /ɾ/ and /a/,[2] from Arabic أَشْرَفِيّ (ʔašrafiyy). First attested in c. 1769 as Middle Hindi اشرفی (aśrfy).[3]

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ə.ʃəɾ.fiː/, , /ə.ʃəɾ.pʰiː/, [2]
  • Hyphenation: अ‧शर‧फ़ी
  • Rhymes: -iː

Noun

अशरफ़ी • (aśarfī) f (Urdu spelling اَشْرَفِی or اَشَرْفِی)[2][4]

  1. (historical) ashrafi (gold coin)
    • 2021, “Srivalli”, in Pushpa: The Rise:
      तेरी झलक अशरफ़ी, श्रीवल्ली
      नैना मदक बर्फ़ी
      तेरी झलक अशरफ़ी, श्रीवल्ली
      बातें करे दो-हरफ़ी
      terī jhalak aśarfī, śrīvallī
      nainā madak barfī
      terī jhalak aśarfī, śrīvallī
      bātẽ kare do-harfī
      Your brilliance is like a gold coin, Srivalli
      Your eyes are barfis made of drugs
      Your brilliance is like a gold coin, Srivalli
      You talk just two letters

Declension

Declension of अशरफ़ी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct अशरफ़ी
aśarfī 		अशरफ़ियाँ
aśarfiyā̃
oblique अशरफ़ी
aśarfī 		अशरफ़ियों
aśarfiyõ
vocative अशरफ़ी
aśarfī 		अशरफ़ियो
aśarfiyo

References

More information
  1. ^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “aśrafī”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 37.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “aśarafī”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 65: “var. /əśərfī/”
  3. ^ “اشرفی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  4. ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अशरफी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 363

Further reading

  • “अशरफ़ी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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