زندگی

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Persian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From زنده (zende) +‎ ـگی (-gi).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? zinda-gī
Dari reading? zinda-gī
Iranian reading? zende-gi
Tajik reading? zinda-gi

Noun

Dari زنده گی, زندگی
Iranian Persian زندگی
Tajik зиндагӣ

زندگی (zendegi)

  1. life, existence
    زن، زندگی، آزادی
    zan, zendegi, âzâdi (Iranian Reading)
    zan, zindagī, āzādī (Dari Reading)
    Woman, Life, Freedom

Inflection

    Basic forms of زندگی (zendegi)
singular plural
bare زندگی
(zendegí)
زندگی‌ها
(zendegi-hấ)
زندگیا
(zendegiấ)
definitive direct object زندگی را
(zendegí râ)
زندگی رو
(zendegí ro)
زندگی‌ها را
(zendegi-hấ râ)
زندگیا رو
(zendegiấ ro)
ezâfe زندگی
(zendegí-ye)
زندگی‌های
(zendegi-hấ-ye)
زندگیای
(zendegiấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite
زندگی
(zendegí)
زندگی‌هایی
(zendegi-hấ-yi)
زندگیایی
(zendegiấ-yi)
Colloquial.
    Possessive forms of زندگی ({{{tr}}})
singular plural
1st person singular
(“my”)
زندگی‌ام
(zendegí-am)

(zendegím)
زندگی‌هایم
(zendegi-hấyam)
زندگی‌هام، زندگیام
(zendegiấm)
2nd person singular
(“your”)
زندگی‌ات
(zendegí-at)
زندگیت
(zendegít)
زندگی‌هایت
(zendegi-hấyat)
زندگی‌هات، زندگیات
(zendegiất)
3rd person singular
(“his, her, its”)
زندگی‌اش
(zendegí-aš)
زندگیش
(zendegíš)
زندگی‌هایش
(zendegi-hấyaš)
زندگی‌هاش، زندگیاش
(zendegiấš)
1st plural
(“our”)
زندگیمان
(zendegíyemân)
زندگیمون
(zendegímun)
زندگی‌هایمان
(zendegi-hấyemân)
زندگی‌هامون، زندگیامون
(zendegiấmun)
2nd plural
(“your”)
زندگیتان
(zendegíyetân)
زندگیتون
(zendegítun)
زندگی‌هایتان
(zendegi-hấyetân)
زندگی‌هاتون، زندگیاتون
(zendegiấtun)
3rd plural
(“their”)
زندگیشان
(zendegíyešân)
زندگیشون
(zendegíšun)
زندگی‌هایشان
(zendegi-hấyešân)
زندگی‌هاشون، زندگیاشون
(zendegiấšun)
Colloquial.

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زندگی (zindagī).

Noun

زندگی (zindagīf (Gurmukhi spelling ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀ)

  1. life
    Synonyms: جندڑی (jndṛī), جیون (jeyon), جان (jān), حیات (ḥeyāt)
  2. lifetime
    Synonyms: عمر (ʻmr), جندڑی (jndṛī)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زِنْدَگِی (zindagī). First attested in c. 1625 as Middle Hindi زندگی (zindagī).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

زِنْدَگی (zindagīf (Hindi spelling ज़िंदगी)

  1. life
    Synonyms: جِیوَن (jīvan), حَیات (hayāt)
    • 1972, “چلو دل دار چلو”, in Kaif Bhopali (lyrics), Ghulam Mohammad (music), Pakeezah, performed by Mohammad Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar:
      زندگی ختم بھی ہو جائے اگر نہ کبھی ختم الفت کا سفر
      zindagī xatm bhī ho jāe agar na kabhī xatm ulfat kā safar
      Even if life comes to an end, may the journey of love never come to an end.
  2. lifetime

Declension

    Declension of زندگی
singular plural
direct زِنْدَگی (zindagī) زِنْدَگِیاں (zindagiyā̃)
oblique زِنْدَگی (zindagī) زِنْدَگِیوں (zindagiyō̃)
vocative زِنْدَگی (zindagī) زِنْدَگِیو (zindagiyō)

References

  1. ^ زندگی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Further reading

  • زندگی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “زندگی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “زندگي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “زندگي”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 730
  • John Shakespear (1834) “زندگی”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC