सुझाई

Hindi

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /sʊ.d͡ʒʱɑː.iː/, [sʊ.d͡ʒʱäː.iː]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱewdʰ-

Sanskrit शुध् (śudh)

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Sanskrit -यति (-yati)

Sanskrit शुध्यति (śudhyati)

Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀇 (sujjhaï)

Hindi सूझना (sūjhnā)

Old Hindi -आई (-āī)

Hindi -आई (-āī)

Hindi सुझाई (sujhāī)

From सूझना (sūjhnā) + -आई (-āī).

Noun

सुझाई • (sujhāī) f (Urdu spelling سجھائی)

perception
सुझाई देना ― sujhāī denā ― to give a perception, suggest

Declension

Declension of *सुझाई* (fem ind ī-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	सुझाई sujhāī	सुझाइयाँ sujhāiyā̃
oblique	सुझाई sujhāī	सुझाइयों sujhāiyõ
vocative	सुझाई sujhāī	सुझाइयो sujhāiyo

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱewdʰ-

Sanskrit शुध् (śudh)

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Sanskrit -यति (-yati)

Sanskrit शुध्यति (śudhyati)

Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀇 (sujjhaï)

Hindi सूझना (sūjhnā)

Sauraseni Prakrit -𑀆𑀯𑁂𑀤𑀺 (-āvedi)

Hindi -आना (-ānā)

Hindi सुझाना (sujhānā)

Old Hindi -आई (-āī)

Hindi -आई (-āī)

Hindi सुझाई (sujhāī)

From सुझाना (sujhānā) + -आई (-āī).

Noun

सुझाई • (sujhāī) f

pointing out, explaining

Declension

Declension of *सुझाई* (fem ind ī-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	सुझाई sujhāī	सुझाइयाँ sujhāiyā̃
oblique	सुझाई sujhāī	सुझाइयों sujhāiyõ
vocative	सुझाई sujhāī	सुझाइयो sujhāiyo

References

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