मुरदनी
Hindi
Alternative forms
- मुर्दनी (murdanī)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مردنی (murdanī). By surface analysis, मुरदन (murdan) + -ई (-ī).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /mʊ.ɾəd̪.niː/, [mʊ.ɾɐd̪̚.niː]
Noun
मुरदनी • (muradnī) f
- pallor mortis, facial-signs of death
- deathly pallor, deathly stillness
- gloominess, melancholia
- funeral-rites
- मुरदनी में जाना ― muradnī mẽ jānā ― to go to a funeral
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | मुरदनी muradnī |
मुरदनियाँ muradniyā̃ |
| oblique | मुरदनी muradnī |
मुरदनियों muradniyõ |
| vocative | मुरदनी muradnī |
मुरदनियो muradniyo |
Derived terms
- मुरदनी छाना (muradnī chānā)
- मुरदनी फिरना (muradnī phirnā)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मुरदनी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मुर्दनी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “murdani”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.