Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian زیادتی (ziyādatī), from Arabic زِيَادَة (ziyāda). By surface analysis, زِیادَت (ziyādat, increase) +‎ ی (ī).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /zɪ.jɑː.d̪ə.t̪iː/
  • (Punjabic Urdu, Delhi Urdu) IPA(key): /zjɑːd̪.t̪iː/, [zĕ.jäːt.t̪iː]
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  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Hyphenation: زِ‧یا‧دَ‧تی

Noun edit

زِیَادَتِی (ziyādatīf (Hindi spelling ज़्यादती)

  1. unfairness (connoted with deception)
  2. oppression, injustice (connoted with forcefulness; coercion)
    Synonym: زَبَرْدَسْتی (zabardastī)
  3. (crime) rape, sexual assault
    • 2021 December 16, عمیر بدیر [Umair Badeer], “گوجرہ موٹروے زیادتی کیس کا تہلکہ خیز ڈراپ سین، حیران کن انکشافات [Gojra Motorway rape case, shocking drop scene, surprising revelations]”, in ARY News[1], retrieved 2023-11-21:
      موٹروے پر پیش آنے والے زیادتی کیس کا حیران اور اور ڈرامائی ڈراپ سین ہو گیا۔
      moṭarve par peś āne vāle ziyādatī kes kā hairān aur ḍarāmāī ḍarāp sīn ho gayā.
      a shocking and dramatic drop in the rape case that occurred on the motorway.
  4. (uncommon) transgression, wrongdoing
    • 1913, مضامین ابوالکلام [mazāmīn abu al-kalām], page 48:
      ہمارے کاموں میں جو زیادتیاں ہم سے ہو گئی ہیں اُن سے درگزر فرما
      hamāre kāmõ mẽ jo ziyādatiyā̃ ham se ho gaī ha͠i un se darguzar farmā
      Forgive us for our transgressions which we have committed [in our deeds]
  5. (dated) abundance, excess (literally moreness)
    • 1910, Muhammad Mustafa Khan Bahadur, سراج منیر [sarāj-e munīr]‎[2], page 35:
      خرپزہ ککڑی اور انگور وغیرہ بہت زیادتی کے ساتھ موجود ہیں
      xarpuza kukṛī aur aṅgūr vaġaira bahut ziyādatī ke sāth maujūd ha͠i
      Melons, chickens and grapes etc. can be found in abundance

Declension edit

Declension of زیادتی
singular plural
direct زِیَادَتی (ziyādatī) زِیَادَتیاں (ziyādatiyā̃)
oblique زِیَادَتی (ziyādatī) زِیَادَتیوں (ziyādatiyō̃)
vocative زِیَادَتی (ziyādatī) زِیَادَتیو (ziyādatiyō)

Further reading edit

  • زیادتی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • زیادتی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “زيادتی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “زيادتي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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    S. W. Fallon (1879) “زیادتی”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “زيادتي”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC