-ची
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian [Term?], from Turkic
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Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiː/
Suffix
-ची • (-cī) m (Urdu spelling ـچی)
- suffix to form nouns (chiefly agent nouns)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | -ची -cī |
-ची -cī |
| oblique | -ची -cī |
-चियों -ciyõ |
| vocative | -ची -cī |
-चियो -ciyo |
Derived terms
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “-ची”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press