حیرانگی

Urdu

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Arabic حَيْرَان (ḥayrān)bor.
    Classical Persian حَیرَان (hayrān)bor.
    Urdu حَیرَان (hairān)
    Classical Persian ـگِی (-gī)bor.
    Urdu ـگی (-gī)
    Urdu حَیرَانْگِی (hairāngī)

    From حَیرَان (hairān, “surprising, surprised”, adjective) +‎ ـگِی (-gī). First attested in c. 1635 as Middle Hindi حیرانگی (ḥyrangy /⁠hairāngī⁠/).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɦɛː.ɾɑːn.ɡiː/
    • Rhymes: -iː
    • Hyphenation: حَے‧رانْ‧گِی

    Noun

    حَیرَانْگِی • (hairāngī) f (Hindi spelling हैरानगी)

    1. surprise, puzzle, astonishment (ie. something unexpected, a wonder, amazement, neither positive nor negative)
      Synonym: تَعَجُّب (ta'ajjub)

    Declension

    Declension of حیرانگی
    singular plural
    direct حَیرَانْگی (hairāṅgī) حَیرَانْگِیاں (hairāṅgiyā̃)
    oblique حَیرَانْگی (hairāṅgī) حَیرَانْگِیوں (hairāṅgiyō̃)
    vocative حَیرَانْگی (hairāṅgī) حَیرَانْگِیو (hairāṅgiyō)

    References

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

    Further reading

    • “حیرانگی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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