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Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Apabhramsa मक्खिय (makkhiya) without compensatory lengthening, from Prakrit मक्खिआ (makkhiā), from Sanskrit मक्षिका (mákṣikā). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi مكھی (mkhy). Displaced Old Hindi माषी (māṣī /mākhī/). Compare Old Awadhi माछी (māchī), Old Punjabi ਮਖਿ (makhi /makkhi/).
Pronunciation
Noun
मक्खी • (makkhī) f (Urdu spelling مَکّھی)
- a fly
मक्खी को जल्दी मार दो!- makkhī ko jaldī mār do!
- Kill the fly, quickly!
- (uncommon) a bee
- Synonym: मधुमक्खी (madhumakkhī)
Declension
Declension of मक्खी (fem ī-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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मक्खी
makkhī
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मक्खियाँ
makkhiyā̃
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| oblique
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मक्खी
makkhī
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मक्खियों
makkhiyõ
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| vocative
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मक्खी
makkhī
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मक्खियो
makkhiyo
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References
- “मक्खी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मक्खी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3734
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मक्खी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 781
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mákṣā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 554