गिरफ़्तारी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (giriftārī).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡɪ.ɾəf.t̪ɑː.ɾiː/, [ɡɪ.ɾɐf.t̪äː.ɾiː], /ɡɪ.ɾəpʰ.t̪ɑː.ɾiː/, [ɡɪ.ɾɐpʰ.t̪äː.ɾiː]

Noun

गिरफ़्तारी • (giraftārī) f (Urdu spelling گِرِفْتاری)

arrest, capture, apprehension
imprisonment
Synonym: क़ैद (qaid)

Declension

Declension of *गिरफ़्तारी* (fem ī-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	गिरफ़्तारी giraftārī	गिरफ़्तारियाँ giraftāriyā̃
oblique	गिरफ़्तारी giraftārī	गिरफ़्तारियों giraftāriyõ
vocative	गिरफ़्तारी giraftārī	गिरफ़्तारियो giraftāriyo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गिरफ़्तारी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press