सानी

Hindi

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /sɑː.niː/, [säː.niː]

Etymology 1

From सानना (sānnā, “to mix”) +‎ -ई (-ī, “noun suffix”).

Noun

सानी • (sānī) f (Urdu spelling سانی)

fodder, feed
सानी-पानी ― sānī-pānī ― feed and water

Declension

Declension of *सानी* (fem ī-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	सानी sānī	सानियाँ sāniyā̃
oblique	सानी sānī	सानियों sāniyõ
vocative	सानी sānī	सानियो sāniyo

Verb

सानी • (sānī)

inflection of सानना (sānnā):
1. feminine singular perfective participle
2. feminine singular perfect indicative

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic ثَانِي (ṯānī, “second”).

Adjective

सानी • (sānī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling ثانی)

equal, comparable
(rare) second
Synonyms: दूसरा (dūsrā), द्वितीय (dvitīya)

सिकंदर-ए-सानी ― sikandar-e-sānī ― "the second Alexander"; title of Alauddin Khalji

References

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