तीरगी

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Persian تیرگی (tīragī). By surface analysis, तीरा (tīrā, “dark, gloomy”) +‎ -गी (-gī, “-ness”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪iːɾ.ɡiː/

Noun

तीरगी • (tīrgī) f (Urdu spelling تِیرَگی)

1. (literary) darkness, gloom, obscurity

   Synonyms: अंधेरा (andherā), अंधकार (andhkār), तिमिर (timir), तम (tam)

   • 2020, Darshan Kumar Vasan, दर्द के साये [dard ke sāye, Shadows of Pain], Book Rivers, →ISBN, page 51:

     तीरगी के रहे सिलसिले उम्र भर,
     गम रहे ज़िन्दगी नोचते उम्र भर।

     tīrgī ke rahe silsile umra bhar,
     gam rahe zindagī nocte umra bhar.

     Darkness loomed throughout the life,
     Sadness sucked off life, throughout the life.

Declension

Declension of तीरगी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तीरगी tīrgī	तीरगियाँ tīrgiyā̃
oblique	तीरगी tīrgī	तीरगियों tīrgiyõ
vocative	तीरगी tīrgī	तीरगियो tīrgiyo

Further reading

• “तीरगी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.