छमाही
Hindi
Etymology
From छ- (cha-, “six”, combining form) + माह (māh, “month”) + -ई (-ī). In the noun sense, it is a dvigu compound.
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃʰə.mɑː.ɦiː/, [t͡ʃʰɐ.mäː.ɦiː]
Adjective
छमाही • (chamāhī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling چَھماہی)
- six-monthly, half-yearly
- Synonyms: अर्धवार्षिक (ardhavārṣik), षाण्मासिक (ṣāṇmāsik)
- छमाही परीक्षा ― chamāhī parīkṣā ― half-yearly exam
Noun
छमाही • (chamāhī) f (Urdu spelling چَھماہی)
- time period of six-months, half-year
- exams occuring after every six months
- 2007, Giriraj Sharan, बच्चों के रोचक नाटक, Diamond Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 11:
- भैया, सत्यव्रत तो इस छमाही में भी फेल हो गया।
- bhaiyā, satyavrat to is chamāhī mẽ bhī phel ho gayā.
- Brother, Satyavrat failed this half-yearly exam too.
- six-monthly salary or pension
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | छमाही chamāhī |
छमाहियाँ chamāhiyā̃ |
| oblique | छमाही chamāhī |
छमाहियों chamāhiyõ |
| vocative | छमाही chamāhī |
छमाहियो chamāhiyo |
Further reading
- “छमाही”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “छमाही”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 336