नुमाइंदगी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نُمَایَنْدَگِی (numāyandagī). By surface analysis, नुमाइंदा (numāindā) +‎ -गी (-gī).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /nʊ.mɑː.ɪn.d̪ə.ɡiː/, [nʊ.mäː.ɪ̃n̪.d̪ɐ.ɡiː]
  • Hyphenation: नु‧मा‧इं‧द‧गी, नु‧मा‧इन्‧द‧गी
  • Rhymes: -iː

Noun

नुमाइंदगी • (numāindagīf (Urdu spelling نُمائِنْدَگی)[1][2].

  1. representation (as in a government)
    Synonym: प्रतिनिधित्व (pratinidhitva)

Declension

Declension of नुमाइंदगी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct नुमाइंदगी
numāindagī
नुमाइंदगियाँ
numāindagiyā̃
oblique नुमाइंदगी
numāindagī
नुमाइंदगियों
numāindagiyõ
vocative नुमाइंदगी
numāindagī
नुमाइंदगियो
numāindagiyo

References

  1. ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नुमाइंदगी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 579
  2. ^ नुमाइंदगी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.