مرغابی

Gojri

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مرغابی (murğābī). By surface analysis, مُرْغ (murġ) +‎ آبِی (ābī).

Noun

ْمُرْغَابِی (murġābī) f

1. waterfowl (an aquatic bird)

Further reading

• Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 402.
• Javaid Rahi (2015) “ْمُرْغَابِی”, in گوجری ڈکشنری [Gojri Dictionary] (in Gojri), page 830, column 1.

Persian

Etymology

From مرغ (morğ, “fowl”) +‎ آبی (âbi, “marine, of the water”), literally “water fowl”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [muɾ.ɣɑː.βiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊɾ.ɣɑː.biː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊɾ.ɣɑː.biː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊɾ.ɣɑː.biː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [muɾ.ɣɔː.bi]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [moɹ.ɢɒː.biː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [muɾ.ʁɔ.bi]

Readings
Classical reading?	murğāḇī
Dari reading?	murğābī
Iranian reading?	morğâbi
Tajik reading?	murġobi

Noun

مرغابی • (morğâbi)

1. duck
2. wild duck

Descendants

• → Gojri: مُرْغَابِیْ (murġābī)
• → Gujarati: મુરઘાબી (murghābī)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मुर्ग़ाबी (murġābī)

  Urdu: مُرْغَابِی (murġābī)

• → Kashmiri:

  Arabic script: مُرغابی (murġābī)

  Devanagari script: मुरगाबी (muragābī)

  Sharada script: 𑆩𑆶𑆫𑆓𑆳𑆧𑆵 (muragābī)

• → Marwari:

  Devanagari script: मुरगाबी (murgābī)

  Mahajani script: 𑅬𑅒𑅭𑅗𑅪𑅑 (murgbi)

• → Punjabi: murġābī

  Gurmukhi script: ਮੁਰਗ਼ਾਬੀ

  Shahmukhi script: مُرْغَابِی

• → Saraiki:

  Devanagari script: मुरग़ाबी

  Multani script: 𑊠𑊢𑊆𑊝 (mrgb)

  Shahmukhi script: مُرْغَابِی (murġābī)

• → Sindhi: muraġābī

  Arabic script: مُرْغ آبي, مُرْغابي

  Devanagari script: मुरग़ाबी

  Khojki script: 𑈤𑈯𑈦𑈊𑈶𑈬𑈡𑈮

  Khudawadi script: 𑋗𑋣𑋙𑊼𑋩𑋠𑋔𑋢

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مرغابی (murğābī). By surface analysis, مُرْغ (murġ) +‎ آبِیْ (ābī).

Noun

مُرْغَابِی • (murġābī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੁਰਗ਼ਾਬੀ)

1. wild duck, waterfowl

Declension

Declension of مرغابی
dir. sg.	مُرْغَابی (murġābī)
dir. pl.	مُرْغَابِیاں (murġābīyāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	مُرْغَابی (murġābī)	مُرْغَابِیاں (murġābīyāṉ)
oblique	مُرْغَابی (murġābī)	مُرْغَابِیاں (murġābīyāṉ)
vocative	مُرْغَابِیے (murġābiye)	مُرْغَابِیو (murġābīv)
ablative	مُرْغَابِیوں (murġābīvṉ)	—
locative	—	—
instrumental	—	—

Further reading

• “ਮੁਰਗਾਬੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “مُرغابی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz, page 2517

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مرغابی (murğābī). By surface analysis, مُرْغ (murġ) +‎ آبِی (ābī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊɾ.ɣɑː.biː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: مُرْ‧غَا‧بِی

Noun

مُرْغَابِی • (murġābī) f (Hindi spelling मुर्ग़ाबी)

1. wild duck, waterfowl

Declension

Declension of مرغابی
	singular	plural
direct	مُرْغَابِی (murġābī)	مُرْغَابِیاں (murġābiyā̃)
oblique	مُرْغَابِی (murġābī)	مُرْغَابِیوں (murġābiyō̃)
vocative	مُرْغَابِی (murġābī)	مُرْغَابِیو (murġābiyō)

References

• “مرغابی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مرغابی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 581
• “مرغابی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.