مسیحی
See also: مسيحي
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ma.siː.ˈhiː], [ma.seː.ˈhiː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mæ.siː.ɦíː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mä.si.ɦí], [mä.se.ɦí]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | masīhī, masēhī |
Dari reading? | masīhī, masēhī |
Iranian reading? | masihi |
Tajik reading? | masihi, masehī |
Adjective edit
Dari | مسیحی |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | масеҳӣ, масиҳӣ |
مسیحی • (masihi)
Noun edit
مسیحی • (masihi) (plural مسیحیان (masihiân) or مسیحیها (masihi-hâ))
Related terms edit
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
From مسیح (masīh, “Messiah; Christ”) + ـی (-ī).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mə.siː.ɦiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: مَ‧سِی‧حِی
Adjective edit
مَسِیحی • (masīhī) (Hindi spelling मसीही)
- Christian; relating to Christianity or Christ.
- Anno Domini; Christian Era
- Synonym: عِیسْوی (ʻīsvī)
Noun edit
مَسِیحی • (masīhī) m (Hindi spelling मसीही)
Usage notes edit
Preferred term by the Urdu-speaking Christians. عیسائی (ʻīsā'ī) can also be used, and largely used by Muslims, but could potentially carry a derogatory sense with it.
Derived terms edit
- مسیحیت (masīhiyat)
References edit
- “مسیحی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “مسیحی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مسيح”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.