कड़ी
See also: कडी
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀓𑀟 (*kaḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-) (attested in 𑀓𑀟𑀸 (kaḍā)), from Sanskrit कट (káṭa, “twist of straw”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
कड़ी • (kaṛī) f (Urdu spelling کڑی)
- link (in a chain)
- chain, cuff
- हथकड़ी ― hathkaṛī ― handcuffs
- narrative, sequence (a chain or sequence of events)
Declension edit
Declension of कड़ी (fem ī-stem)
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “káṭa1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press