پرنی

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀭𑀺𑀡𑀻𑀤 (pariṇīda), from Sanskrit परिणीत (pariṇīta, “married”, adjective).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pəɾ.niː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

پَرْنِی • (parnī) f (Hindi spelling परनी)

1. a bride, maiden

   Synonym: دُلْہَن (dulhan)

Declension

Declension of پرنی
	singular	plural
direct	پَرْنِی (parnī)	پَرْنِیاں (parniyā̃)
oblique	پَرْنِی (parnī)	پَرْنِیوں (parniyō̃)
vocative	پَرْنِی (parnī)	پَرْنِیو (parniyō)

Further reading

• “پرنی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “پَرْنی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “परनी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.