شہزادی
Punjabi
Alternative forms
- شاہْزادِی (śāhzādī)
Etymology
From شَہْزادَہ (śahzādah) + ـی (-y).
Noun
شَہْزادِی • (śahzādī) f (masculine شَہْزادَہ, Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਹਿਜ਼ਾਦੀ)
- princess
- Synonym: راج کُمارِی (rāj kumārī)
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “شہزادی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz, page 1877
- “ਸ਼ਾਹਜ਼ਾਦੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
Urdu
Alternative forms
- شاہْزادِی (śāhzādī)
Etymology
From شَہْزادَہ (śahzāda) + ـی (-ī). First attested in 1784[1] as Middle Hindi شاہزادی (śahzady /śāhzādī/).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʃəɦ.zɑː.d̪iː/, [ʃɛʱ.zäː.d̪iː]
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: شَہْ‧زا‧دِی
Noun
شَہزادِی • (śahzādī) f (masculine شَہْزادَہ (śahzāda), Hindi spelling शहज़ादी)[2][3][4]
- princess (a king's daughter, granddaughter or other female descendant)
- Synonyms: راج کُمارِی (rāj kumārī), راج کَنِیَا (rāj kaniyā)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | شَہْزادی (śahzādī) | شَہْزادِیاں (śahzādiyā̃) |
| oblique | شَہْزادی (śahzādī) | شَہْزادِیوں (śahzādiyō̃) |
| vocative | شَہْزادی (śahzādī) | شَہْزادِیو (śahzādiyō) |
References
More information
- ^ “شاہ زادی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “shāh-zādī”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 720
- ^ Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شہزاده”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 410
- ^ “شہزادی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.