सुई
Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Hindi सुई (suī), सूई (sūī), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀽𑀈 (sūī), from Sanskrit सूची (sūcī́). Doublet of सूची (sūcī).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /sʊ.iː/
Noun
सुई • (suī) f (Urdu spelling سوئی)
- needle (for knitting and otherwise)
- सुई और धागा/सूई तागा ― suī aur dhāgā/sūī tāgā ― needle and thread
- (medicine) syringe, injection
- सुई लगाना ― suī lagānā ― to inject
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | सुई suī |
सुइयाँ suiyā̃ |
| oblique | सुई suī |
सुइयों suiyõ |
| vocative | सुई suī |
सुइयो suiyo |
Alternative forms
- सूई (sūī)
Derived terms
- सूई के नाके से ऊँट निकालना (sūī ke nāke se ū̃ṭ nikālnā, “to make a camel go through the eye of a needle”)
- सूई को फ़ावड़ा बनाना (sūī ko fāvṛā banānā, “to make a needle into a spade; make a mountain out of a molehill”)
- सूईकार (sūīkār)
- सूईकारी (sūīkārī)
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सुई”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सुई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 1034
Marathi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘭𑘳𑘧𑘲 (suyī), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀲𑀽𑀈 (sūī), from Sanskrit सूची (sūcī́). Cognate with Gujarati સોય (soya), Sindhi سُئِي / सुई (suī), Punjabi ਸੂਈ (sūī), Bengali সুই (śui).
Noun
सुई • (suī) f
References
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “सुई”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “सुई”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “सुई”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sūcīˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press