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Punjabi
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Sanskrit -इक (-ika) or Sanskrit -ईय (-īya). Later influenced by Classical Persian ـی (-ī), from Middle Persian -yk' / 𐭩𐭪𐭩 (yky /-īg/, adjectival suffix), a cognate of Sanskrit -इक (-ika) through Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas. Also influenced by Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy, nisba suffix), which in Classical Persian becomes ی (-ī).
Suffix
-ਈ • (-ī)
- relating to, forms adjectives from nouns
- ਭਾਰਤ (bhārat, “India”) + -ਈ (-ī) → ਭਾਰਤੀ (bhārtī, “Indian”)
- ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਣ (viśeśaṇ, “adjective”) + -ਈ (-ī) → ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਣੀ (viśeśṇī, “adjectival”)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from the nominative singular form of Sanskrit -इन् (-in, “doer, possessor”).
Suffix
-ਈ • (-ī) m
- doer, possessor
- ਸੁਖ (sukh, “comfort, ease”) + -ਈ (-ī) → ਸੁਖੀ (sukhī, “comforting”)
- ਯਾਤਰਾ (yātrā, “travel”) + -ਈ (-ī) → ਯਾਤਰੀ (yātrī, “traveller”)
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Classical Persian ـی (-ī), from Middle Persian 𐭩𐭧 (yḥ /-īh/) (forms nouns from adjectives).[1]
Suffix
-ਈ • (-ī) f
- forms abstract nouns from adjectives or common nouns
- ਡੱਬਾਬੰਦ (ḍabbāband, “canned”) + -ਈ (-ī) → ਡੱਬਾਬੰਦੀ (ḍabbābandī, “canning”)
- ਮੈਂਬਰ (maimbar, “member”) + -ਈ (-ī) → ਮੈਂਬਰੀ (maimbrī, “membership”)
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