مسیحی

See also: مسيحي

Persian

Etymology

From مسیح (masih) +‎ ـی (-i, suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mä.siː.ɦíː], [mä.seː.ɦíː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mä.siːíː], [mä.seː.jíː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mä.sií], [mä.sií]

Readings
Classical reading? masīhī, masēhī
Dari reading? masīhī, masēhī
Iranian reading? masihi
Tajik reading? masihi, masehi

Adjective

Dari مسیحی
Iranian Persian
Tajik масеҳӣ, масиҳӣ

مسیحی • (masihi)

  1. Christian

Noun

مسیحی • (masihi) (plural مسیحیان, or مسیحی‌ها)

  1. Christian
    Synonyms: نصرانی (nasrâni), (archaic) ترسا (tarsâ), (archaic) عیسائی ('isâ'i), (archaic) عیسوی ('isavi)

Urdu

Etymology

From مسیح (masīh, “Messiah; Christ”) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mə.siː.ɦiː/
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Hyphenation: مَ‧سِی‧حِی

Adjective

مَسِیحی • (masīhī) (Hindi spelling मसीही)

  1. Christian; relating to Christianity or Christ.
  2. Anno Domini; Christian Era
    Synonym: عِیسْوی ('īsvī)

Noun

مَسِیحی • (masīhī) m (Hindi spelling मसीही)

  1. (Christianity) Christian
    Synonyms: نَصْرانی (nasrānī), عِیسائی ('īsāī)

Usage notes

Preferred term by the modern Christians who speak Urdu.

عِیسائی ('īsāī) is the more common term, but has become derogatory due to its association with negative stereotypes of Christians.

References

  • “مسیحی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “مسیحی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مسيح”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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