Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian نُمَایَنْدَگِی (numāyandagī). By surface analysis, نُمائِنْدَہ (numāinda, representative) +‎ گی ().

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /nʊ.mɑː.ɪn.d̪ə.ɡiː/
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Hyphenation: نُ‧ما‧ئِنْ‧دَ‧گی

Noun

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نُمائِنْدَگی (numāindagīf (Hindi spelling नुमाइंदगी)

  1. representation (broadly, not limited.)

Declension

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Declension of نمائندگی
singular plural
direct نُمائِنْدَگی (numāindagī) نُمائِنْدَگیاں (numāindagiyā̃)
oblique نُمائِنْدَگی (numāindagī) نُمائِنْدَگیوں (numāindagiyō̃)
vocative نُمائِنْدَگی (numāindagī) نُمائِنْدَگیو (numāindagiyō)

Further reading

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