सखी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सखी (sakhī).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /sə.kʰiː/, [sɐ.kʰiː]

Noun

सखी • (sakhī) f (Urdu spelling سکھی)

a female friend
Synonyms: सहेली (sahelī), अली (alī)

Hypernyms: मित्र (mitra), दोस्त (dost)

Declension

Declension of *सखी* (fem ī-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	सखी sakhī	सखियाँ sakhiyā̃
oblique	सखी sakhī	सखियों sakhiyõ
vocative	सखी sakhī	सखियो sakhiyo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

সখী (Assamese script)
ᬲᬔᬷ (Balinese script)
সখী (Bengali script)
𑰭𑰏𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀲𑀔𑀻 (Brahmi script)
သခီ (Burmese script)
સખી (Gujarati script)
ਸਖੀ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌸𑌖𑍀 (Grantha script)
ꦱꦑꦷ (Javanese script)
𑂮𑂎𑂲 (Kaithi script)
ಸಖೀ (Kannada script)
សខី (Khmer script)
ສຂີ (Lao script)
സഖീ (Malayalam script)
ᠰᠠᡘᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘭𑘏𑘲 (Modi script)
ᠰᠠᠻᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧍𑦯𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
𑐳𑐏𑐷 (Newa script)
ସଖୀ (Odia script)
ꢱꢓꢷ (Saurashtra script)
𑆱𑆒𑆵 (Sharada script)
𑖭𑖏𑖱 (Siddham script)
සඛී (Sinhalese script)
𑪁𑩝𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚨𑚋𑚯 (Takri script)
ஸகீ² (Tamil script)
సఖీ (Telugu script)
สขี (Thai script)
ས་ཁཱི (Tibetan script)
𑒮𑒐𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
𑨰𑨌𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Feminine of सखि m (sakhi).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ.kʰiː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐ.kʰiː/

Noun

सखी • (sakhī) stem, f

a female friend or companion

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of सखी
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	सखी (sakhī)	सख्यौ (sakhyau) सखी¹ (sakhī¹)	सख्यः (sakhyaḥ) सखीः¹ (sakhīḥ¹)
accusative	सखीम् (sakhīm)	सख्यौ (sakhyau) सखी¹ (sakhī¹)	सखीः (sakhīḥ)
instrumental	सख्या (sakhyā)	सखीभ्याम् (sakhībhyām)	सखीभिः (sakhībhiḥ)
dative	सख्यै (sakhyai)	सखीभ्याम् (sakhībhyām)	सखीभ्यः (sakhībhyaḥ)
ablative	सख्याः (sakhyāḥ) सख्यै² (sakhyai²)	सखीभ्याम् (sakhībhyām)	सखीभ्यः (sakhībhyaḥ)
genitive	सख्याः (sakhyāḥ) सख्यै² (sakhyai²)	सख्योः (sakhyoḥ)	सखीनाम् (sakhīnām)
locative	सख्याम् (sakhyām)	सख्योः (sakhyoḥ)	सखीषु (sakhīṣu)
vocative	सखि (sakhi)	सख्यौ (sakhyau) सखी¹ (sakhī¹)	सख्यः (sakhyaḥ) सखीः¹ (sakhīḥ¹)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

→ Hindi: सखी (sakhī) (learned)
→ Tamil: சகி (caki) (learned)