दो-हरफ़ी
Hindi
Alternative forms
- दो-हर्फ़ी (do-harfī)
Etymology
From दो (do, “two”) + हरफ़ (haraf, “letter”) + -ई (-ī).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪oː.ɦəɾ.fiː/, [d̪oː.ɦɐɾ.fiː], /d̪oː.ɦəɾ.pʰiː/, [d̪oː.ɦɐɾ.pʰiː]
Adjective
दो-हरफ़ी • (do-harfī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling دو حَرْفی)
- brief, short
- 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 talks are just two-lettered
- terī jhalak aśarfī, śrīvallī
- having two letters
- दो-हरफ़ी अल्फ़ाज़ ― do-harfī alfāz ― two-lettered words
Synonyms
Further reading
- “दो-हर्फ़ी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.