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Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit दाढिआ (dāḍhiā), from Sanskrit दाढिका (dāḍhikā, “beard”). Cognate with Marathi दाढी (dāḍhī), Punjabi ਦਾੜ੍ਹੀ (dāṛhī), Bengali দাড়ি (daṛi). Equivalent to दाढ़ (dāṛh, “tusk; molar tooth”) + -ई (-ī).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪ɑː.ɽʱiː/,
Noun
दाढ़ी • (dāṛhī) f (Urdu spelling داڑھی)
- beard (facial hair)
2003, Nitendra Sharma, मुखाकृति विज्ञान , New Delhi: Diamond Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 128, →ISBN:पुरुषत्व का प्रतीक दाढ़ी एवं मूँछ मानी जाती है। प्राचीन समय से ही दाढ़ी एवं मूँछ की सार्थकता स्पष्ट नज़र आती है।- puruṣatva kā pratīk dāṛhī evã mū̃ch mānī jātī hai. prācīn samay se hī dāṛhī evã mū̃ch kī sārthaktā spaṣṭ nazar ātī hai.
- Beard and mustache are considered symbols of manliness. The significance of beard and mustache is clearly visible since ancient times.
2013, Ashok Maheshwari, अकबर-बीरबल की नोक-झोंक , New Delhi: Radhakrishna Prakashan, →ISBN, page 87, →ISBN:शाही हज्जाम उसकी दाढ़ी साफ करने के लिए फिर बढ़ा और उसकी दाढ़ी पर पानी लगाकर उसे मुलायम करने लगा ताकि उस्तरे से उसकी सफाई हो सके […]- śāhī hajjām uskī dāṛhī sāph karne ke lie phir baṛhā aur uskī dāṛhī par pānī lagākar use mulāyam karne lagā tāki ustare se uskī saphāī ho sake […]
- The royal hairdresser advanced to clean his beard and began to soften it by applying water to his beard so that it could be cleaned with a razor
- chin
- Synonyms: ठोड़ी (ṭhoṛī), चिबुक (cibuk)
2003, Nitendra Sharma, मुखाकृति विज्ञान , New Delhi: Diamond Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 128, →ISBN:दाढ़ी पर बाल अगर स्वाभाविक रूप से नहीं है तो यह व्यक्ति के नपुंसकता की ओर संकेत करता है।- dāṛhī par bāl agar svābhāvik rūp se nahī̃ hai to yah vyakti ke napunsaktā kī or saṅket kartā hai.
- If the hair on the chin are not in a natural way then it indicates the impotence of the person.
Declension
Declension of दाढ़ी (fem ī-stem)
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plural
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दाढ़ी
dāṛhī
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दाढ़ियाँ
dāṛhiyā̃
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दाढ़ी
dāṛhī
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दाढ़ियों
dāṛhiyõ
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| vocative
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दाढ़ी
dāṛhī
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दाढ़ियो
dāṛhiyo
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Derived terms
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “dāṛhī”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2249
- Platts, John T. (1884) “dāṛhī”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 501
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “dāṛhī”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 489
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “dāṛhī”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 306.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “dāṛhī”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 311
- “दाढ़ी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dāṛhī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 358