अशरफ़ी

See also: अशरफी

Hindi

Alternative forms

अशर्फ़ी (aśarfī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (ašrafī)^[1] with the metathesis of Classical Persian /ɾ/ and /a/,^[2] from Arabic أَشْرَفِيّ (ʔašrafiyy). First attested in c. 1769 as Middle Hindi اشرفی (aśrfy).^[3]

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə.ʃəɾ.fiː/, [ɐ.ʃɐɾ.fiː], /ə.ʃəɾ.pʰiː/, [ɐ.ʃɐɾ.pʰiː]^[2]
Hyphenation: अ‧शर‧फ़ी
Rhymes: -iː

Noun

अशरफ़ी • (aśarfī) f (Urdu spelling اَشْرَفِی or اَشَرْفِی)^[2]^[4]

(historical) ashrafi (gold coin)
- 2021, “Srivalli”, in Pushpa: The Rise:
  तेरी झलक अशरफ़ी, श्रीवल्ली
  नैना मदक बर्फ़ी
  तेरी झलक अशरफ़ी, श्रीवल्ली
  बातें करे दो-हरफ़ी
  terī jhalak aśarfī, śrīvallī
  nainā madak barfī
  terī jhalak aśarfī, śrīvallī
  bātẽ kare do-harfī
  Your brilliance is like a gold coin, Srivalli
  Your eyes are barfis made of drugs
  Your brilliance is like a gold coin, Srivalli
  You talk just two letters

Declension

Declension of अशरफ़ी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अशरफ़ी aśarfī	अशरफ़ियाँ aśarfiyā̃
oblique	अशरफ़ी aśarfī	अशरफ़ियों aśarfiyõ
vocative	अशरफ़ी aśarfī	अशरफ़ियो aśarfiyo

References

More information

^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “aśrafī”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 37.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “aśarafī”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 65: “var. /əśərfī/”
^ “اشرفی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अशरफी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 363

Further reading

“अशरफ़ी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

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