कुंजी
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Punjabi ਕੁੰਜੀ (kuñjī) / کُنجی (kunjī). Sense 3 is a semantic loan from English key.
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /kʊn.d͡ʒiː/, [kʊ̃n.d͡ʒiː]
Noun
कुंजी • (kuñjī) f (Urdu spelling کنجی)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | कुंजी kuñjī |
कुंजियाँ kuñjiyā̃ |
| oblique | कुंजी kuñjī |
कुंजियों kuñjiyõ |
| vocative | कुंजी kuñjī |
कुंजियो kuñjiyo |
Descendants
- → Malay: kunci
- → Pashto: کنجئِي (kunjay)
Further reading
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kuñcikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 165