गिरवी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گروی (giravī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡɪɾ.ʋiː/

Adjective

गिरवी • (girvī) (Urdu spelling گروی)

1. (finance) pledged, pawned, mortgaged

Noun

गिरवी • (girvī) f (Urdu spelling گروی)

1. (finance) a mortgage

   गिरवी पर रखना ― girvī par rakhnā ― to mortgage

2. something pawned, mortgaged

Declension

Declension of गिरवी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गिरवी girvī	गिरवियाँ girviyā̃
oblique	गिरवी girvī	गिरवियों girviyõ
vocative	गिरवी girvī	गिरवियो girviyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गिरवी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press