جفتی

Urdu

جُفتِی

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جُفتی (juftī, “pairing; copulation”). By surface analysis, جفت (juft, “pair, couple”) +‎ ـی (-ī, suffix forming abstract nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒʊf.t̪iː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

جُفْتی • (juftī) f (Hindi spelling जुफ़्ती)

1. sexual intercourse, copulation
2. pairing, mating (of animals)

Related terms

• جفت (juft)

References

• “جفتی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جفتی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “جفتی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “جفتی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.