ڦاسي

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Gujarati ફાંસી (phā̃sī) or Central Indo-Aryan, or derived from ڦاسڻ (phāsaṇu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰɑː.siː/
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Hyphenation: ڦا‧سيِ

Noun

ڦاسيِ • (phāsī) f (Devanagari फासी)

  1. noose
  2. execution

Further reading

  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “ڦاسي”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “spāśa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 798
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