شادی

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شادی (šâdi). Equivalent to شاد (śād) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Noun

شادی (śādī) f

  1. wedding, marriage

Persian

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? šādī
Dari reading? šādī
Iranian reading? šâdi
Tajik reading? šodi

Etymology 1

See شاد (šâd).

Noun

شادی • (šādī / šâdi) (plural شادی‌ها (šādī-hā / šâdi-hâ), Tajik spelling шодӣ)

  1. joy
  2. happiness
  3. rejoicing
  4. (dialectal) wedding, festivity

Proper noun

شادی • (šādī / šâdi) (Tajik spelling Шодӣ)

  1. a female given name, Shadi, Shadee, or Shahdee, from Middle Persian
Descendants
  • → Bengali: শাদি (śadi)
  • → Gujarati: શાદી (śādī)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: शादी (śādī)
    Urdu: شادی (śādī)
  • → Rohingya: cádi
  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਾਦੀ (śādī)
    Shahmukhi script: شادی (śādī)

Etymology 2

From the meaning above.

Noun

Regional synonyms of "monkey, ape"
Dari شادی, میمون
Iranian Persian میمون
Tajik маймун

شادی • (šādī / šâdi) (plural شادی‌ها (šādī-hā / šâdi-hâ), Tajik spelling шодӣ)

  1. (Dari and elsewhere dialectal) monkey, ape

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شادی (šâdi). Equivalent to شاد (śād) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Pronunciation

Noun

شادی • (śādī) f (Hindi spelling शादी)

  1. wedding, marriage
    Synonyms: نکاح (nikāh), (rare) بیاہ (byāh)

Declension

Declension of شادی
singular plural
direct شادی (śādī) شادِیاں (śādiyā̃)
oblique شادی (śādī) شادِیوں (śādiyō̃)
vocative شادی (śādī) شادِیو (śādiyō)

Derived terms

  • شادی شدہ (śādī-śudā, “married”)

References

  • “شادی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “شادی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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