पोशीदगी
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian پوشِیدَگِی (pōšīdagī).[1] By surface analysis, पोशीदा (pośīdā) + -गी (-gī). First attested in c. 1799 as Middle Hindi پوشِیدَگِی (pvśydgy).[2]
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /poː.ʃiːd̪.ɡiː/
- Hyphenation: पो‧शीद‧गी
- Rhymes: -iː
Noun
पोशीदगी • (pośīdgī) f (Urdu spelling پوشِیدَگِی)[3]
- (rare) secrecy, hiddenness, concealment
- Synonym: गुप्तता (guptatā)
- 1978, Jainendra Kumar, मेरे भटकाव [mere bhaṭkāv][1], Purvodaya Prakashan, →LCCN, page 34:
- असल में क्रान्तिकारी आन्दोलन के साथ एक पोशीदगी का भाव रहता था । इस पोशीदगी के आलम में, पराक्रम के स्रोत में भय भी रहता है ।
- asal mẽ krāntikārī āndolan ke sāth ek pośīdgī kā bhāv rahtā thā . is pośīdgī ke ālam mẽ, parākram ke srot mẽ bhay bhī rahtā hai .
- In reality, there was a sense of secrecy associated with the revolutionary movement. In this state of secrecy, there is also fear in the source of valour.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | पोशीदगी pośīdgī |
पोशीदगियाँ pośīdgiyā̃ |
| oblique | पोशीदगी pośīdgī |
पोशीदगियों pośīdgiyõ |
| vocative | पोशीदगी pośīdgī |
पोशीदगियो pośīdgiyo |
References
More information
- ^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “pośīdagī”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 695.
- ^ “پوشِیدَگی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “पोशीदगी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
Further reading
- “पोशीदगी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.