ماہی

See also: ماهی and ماهي

Baluchi

Noun

ماہی • (máhí)

  1. fish

See also

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit माहिष (māhiṣa).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /mäː.ɦiː/
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  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Hyphenation: مَا‧ہِی

Noun

مَاہِی • (māhīm (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਾਹੀ)

  1. boatman; buffalo herdsman
  2. (poetic) beloved, lover
  3. (by extension) husband

Declension

Declension of ماہی
singular plural
direct ماہی (māhī) ماہی (māhī)
oblique ماہی (māhī) ماہِیاں (māhīyāṉ)
vocative ماہِیا (māhīyā) ماہِیو (māhīv)
ablative ماہِیوں (māhīvṉ) ماہِیاں (māhīyāṉ)
locative
instrumental

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ماہی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਮਾਹੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “māhiṣa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ماهی (māhī).

Pronunciation

Noun

ماہی • (māhīf (Hindi spelling माही)

  1. fish

Synonyms