स्याही

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سیاهی (siyāhī, “blackness, darkness, ink”). Cognate with Assamese চিয়াঁহী (siãhi), Gujarati શાહી (śāhī), Kannada ಶಾಯಿ (śāyi), Marathi शाई (śāī), Punjabi ਸਿਆਹੀ (siāhī), Rohingya cíai, Santali ᱥᱤᱭᱟᱦᱤ (siyahi).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /sjɑː.ɦiː/, [sjäː.ɦiː]

Noun

स्याही • (syāhī) f (Urdu spelling سیاہی)

  1. ink
    पीली स्याही क्यूँ नहीं बेचते हैं?
    pīlī syāhī kyū̃ nahī̃ becte ha͠i?
    Why don't they sell yellow ink?
  2. (poetic) darkness
    Synonyms: अंधेरा (andherā), अंधकार (andhkār)
  3. (poetic) blackness
    Synonyms: कालापन (kālāpan), श्यामता (śyāmtā)

Declension

Declension of स्याही (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct स्याही
syāhī 		स्याहियाँ
syāhiyā̃
oblique स्याही
syāhī 		स्याहियों
syāhiyõ
vocative स्याही
syāhī 		स्याहियो
syāhiyo
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