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Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian صدی (sadī, “a hundred”).
Pronunciation
Noun
صَدی • (sadī) f (Hindi spelling सदी)
- century
- Synonyms: شَتَک (śatak), قَرْن (qarn)
- اِکِّیسوِیں صَدی ― ikkīsvī̃ sadī ― twenty-first century
1904,
Muhammad Iqbal,
Tarānā-e-Hind :
- کُچھ بات ہَے کِہ ہَسْتی مِٹْتی نَہِیں ہَماری
صَدِیوں رَہَا ہَے دُشْمَن دَورِ زَماں ہَمارا- kuch bāt hai ki hastī miṭtī nahī̃ hamārī
sadiyõ rahā hai duśman daur-i zamā̃ hamārā - There is something about our existence for it doesn't get wiped
Even though, for centuries, the time-cycle has been our enemy.
Declension
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singular
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plural
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صَدی (sadī)
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صَدِیاں (sadiyā̃)
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| oblique
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صَدی (sadī)
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صَدِیوں (sadiyō̃)
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| vocative
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صَدی (sadī)
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صَدِیو (sadiyō)
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Further reading
- “صدی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.