गांधी
Hindi
Alternative forms
- गाँधी (gāndhī)
Etymology
Inherited from Apabhramsa गंधीय (gaṃdhīya), from Prakrit गंधिअ (gaṃdhia), from Sanskrit गान्धिक (gāndhika, “parfumier”).[1] First attested in c. 1654[2] as Middle Hindi گاندھی (gandhy /gāndhī/).
Sense 1.1 is derived from Gujarati ગાંધી (gāndhī).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɡɑːn.d̪ʱiː/, [ɡä̃ːn̪.d̪ʱiː]
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: गां‧धी
Proper noun
गांधी • (gāndhī) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling گان٘دِھی)[3]
- a surname, equivalent to English Gandhi, famously held by:
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869–1948), for whom it is used mononymously
- Synonyms: गांधीजी (gāndhījī), देशपितृ (deśpitŕ), बापू (bāpū)
- Indira Gandhi (1917–1984)
- Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991)
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869–1948), for whom it is used mononymously
Declension
NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | गांधी gāndhī |
गांधी gāndhī |
| oblique | गांधी gāndhī |
गांधियों gāndhiyõ |
| vocative | गांधी gāndhī |
गांधियो gāndhiyo |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | गांधी gāndhī |
गांधियाँ gāndhiyā̃ |
| oblique | गांधी gāndhī |
गांधियों gāndhiyõ |
| vocative | गांधी gāndhī |
गांधियो gāndhiyo |
Derived terms
References
More information
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gāndhika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 221: “H. gandhī m.”
- ^ “گاندھی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गाँधी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 262