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Hindi
Etymology
Calque of Classical Persian شترمرغ (šuturmurğ);
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Sanskritic formation from उष्ट्र (uṣṭra, “camel”) + पक्षी (pakṣī, “bird”), literally “camel-bird”.
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʊʂ.ʈɾᵊ.pək.ʂiː/,
Noun
उष्ट्रपक्षी • (uṣṭrapakṣī) m (Urdu spelling اشٹرپکشی)
- (literary) an ostrich
- Synonym: शुतुरमुर्ग़ (śuturmurġ)
2016, P. G. Sahasrabuddhe, संस्कार मला-4, New Delhi: Suruchi Prakashan, →ISBN, page 68, →ISBN:उष्ट्रपक्षी (शुतुरमुर्ग) के पीछे जब शिकारी लग जाता है तो वह भागता रहता है, पर अन्त में जब देखता है कि बचना संभव नहीं है तब वह अपना मुंह रेत में छिपाकर, आँखे बन्द कर, चुपचाप मृत्यु को स्वीकार करता है।- uṣṭrapakṣī (śuturmurg) ke pīche jab śikārī lag jātā hai to vah bhāgtā rahtā hai, par ant mẽ jab dekhtā hai ki bacnā sambhav nahī̃ hai tab vah apnā mũh ret mẽ chipākar, ā̃khe band kar, cupcāp mŕtyu ko svīkār kartā hai.
- When a hunter comes after an ostrich, it keeps on running, but when it finally sees that it is not possible to escape, it hides his face in the sand, closes its eyes, silently accepts death.
Declension
Declension of उष्ट्रपक्षी (masc ī-stem)
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singular
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plural
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उष्ट्रपक्षी
uṣṭrapakṣī
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उष्ट्रपक्षी
uṣṭrapakṣī
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| oblique
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उष्ट्रपक्षी
uṣṭrapakṣī
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उष्ट्रपक्षियों
uṣṭrapakṣiyõ
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| vocative
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उष्ट्रपक्षी
uṣṭrapakṣī
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उष्ट्रपक्षियो
uṣṭrapakṣiyo
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References
- Nitin Goyal (2009) “उष्ट्रपक्षी”, in जीव विज्ञान कोश [Biology dictionary], Delhi: Sadachar Prakashan, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 193 of 216, →ISBN
- Naresh Kumar (1985) “उष्ट्रपक्षी”, in हिन्दी-व्युत्पत्ति-कोश: हिन्दी भाषा का तुलनात्मक एवं व्युत्पत्तिमूलक कोश [Hindi etymology dictionary: A comparative and etymology-based dictionary of Hindi language], Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh: Indovision, →OCLC, page 306 of 381