अशरफ़ी
See also: अशरफी
Hindi
Alternative forms
- अशर्फ़ी (aśarfī)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian اَشْرَفِی (ašrafī)[1] with the metathesis of Classical Persian /ɾ/ and /a/,[2] from Arabic أَشْرَفِيّ (ʔašrafiyy). First attested in c. 1769 as Middle Hindi اشرفی (aśrfy).[3]
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ə.ʃəɾ.fiː/, [ɐ.ʃɐɾ.fiː], /ə.ʃəɾ.pʰiː/, [ɐ.ʃɐɾ.pʰiː][2]
- Hyphenation: अ‧शर‧फ़ी
- Rhymes: -iː
Noun
अशरफ़ी • (aśarfī) f (Urdu spelling اَشْرَفِی or اَشَرْفِی)[2][4]
- (historical) ashrafi (gold coin)
- 2021, “Srivalli”, in Pushpa: The Rise:
- तेरी झलक अशरफ़ी, श्रीवल्ली
नैना मदक बर्फ़ी
तेरी झलक अशरफ़ी, श्रीवल्ली
बातें करे दो-हरफ़ी- terī jhalak aśarfī, śrīvallī
nainā madak barfī
terī jhalak aśarfī, śrīvallī
bātẽ kare do-harfī - Your brilliance is like a gold coin, Srivalli
Your eyes are barfis made of drugs
Your brilliance is like a gold coin, Srivalli
You talk just two letters
- terī jhalak aśarfī, śrīvallī
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | अशरफ़ी aśarfī |
अशरफ़ियाँ aśarfiyā̃ |
| oblique | अशरफ़ी aśarfī |
अशरफ़ियों aśarfiyõ |
| vocative | अशरफ़ी aśarfī |
अशरफ़ियो aśarfiyo |
References
More information
- ^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “aśrafī”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 37.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “aśarafī”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 65: “var. /əśərfī/”
- ^ “اشرفی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अशरफी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 363
Further reading
- “अशरफ़ी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.