शाही

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (šāhī).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃɑː.ɦiː/, [ʃäː.ɦiː]

Adjective

शाही • (śāhī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling شاہی)

royal, regal, kingly
Synonym: राजसी (rājsī)
befitting or worthy of a king

Derived terms

शाही परिवार (śāhī parivār)

Noun

शाही • (śāhī) f (Urdu spelling شاہی)

(derogatory) regime, rule, reign
a cultivar of litchis, famously grown in Muzaffarpur

Declension

Declension of *शाही* (fem ī-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	शाही śāhī	शाहियाँ śāhiyā̃
oblique	शाही śāhī	शाहियों śāhiyõ
vocative	शाही śāhī	शाहियो śāhiyo

Derived terms

गुंडाशाही (guṇḍāśāhī)
नादिरशाही (nādirśāhī)
नौकरशाही (naukarśāhī)
लालफ़ीताशाही (lālfītāśāhī)
हिटलरशाही (hiṭlarśāhī)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शाही”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press