अजनबी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اجنبی (ajnabî), from Arabic أَجْنَبِيّ (ʔajnabiyy).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /əd͡ʒ.nə.biː/, [ɐd͡ʒ.nɐ.biː]

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Adjective

अजनबी • (ajnabī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling اجنبی)

1. strange, alien, foreign

Noun

अजनबी • (ajnabī) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling اجنبی)

1. stranger
2. foreigner

Declension

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

Declension of अजनबी (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अजनबी ajnabī	अजनबी ajnabī
oblique	अजनबी ajnabī	अजनबियों ajnabiyõ
vocative	अजनबी ajnabī	अजनबियो ajnabiyo

Declension of अजनबी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अजनबी ajnabī	अजनबियाँ ajnabiyā̃
oblique	अजनबी ajnabī	अजनबियों ajnabiyõ
vocative	अजनबी ajnabī	अजनबियो ajnabiyo

References

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