Pahari-Potwari

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian سَرْدی (sardē).

Noun

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سَرْدی (sardīf

  1. the cold
  2. winter (season of the year)

Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (sltyh /⁠sardīh⁠/), from [script needed] (slt' /⁠sard⁠/) +‎ [script needed] (-yh /⁠-īh⁠/).

Noun

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Dari سردی
Iranian Persian
Tajik сардӣ

سردی (sardi)

  1. cold
  2. (figurative) coldness, bitterness
  3. apathy
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Descendants

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian سَرْدی (sardē). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi سردی (srdy /⁠sardī⁠/).[1] By surface analysis, سَرْد (sard) +‎ ی (ī).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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سَرْدی (sardīf (Hindi spelling सर्दी)

  1. the cold
  2. winter (season of the year)
  3. (pathology) the common cold, flu (ie. illness)
  4. shivering
  5. to be cold-hearted, indifferent, insensitive

Declension

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Declension of سردی
singular plural
direct سَرْدی (sardī) سَرْدِیاں (sardiyā̃)
oblique سَرْدی (sardī) سَرْدِیوں (sardiyō̃)
vocative سَرْدی (sardī) سَرْدِیو (sardiyō)

See also

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Seasons in Urdu · مَوسَم (mausam) (layout · text) · category
بَہَار (bahār) گَرْمی (garmī) خِزاں (xizā̃) سَرْدِی (sardī)

References

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  1. ^ سردی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Further reading

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  • سردی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “سردی”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]