धज्जी

Hindi

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dhajjas.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱəd̪.d͡ʒiː/, [d̪ʱɐd̚.d͡ʒiː]

Noun

धज्जी • (dhajjī) f

1. shred, strip

   धज्जियाँ उड़ाना ― dhajjiyā̃ uṛānā ― to tear to shreds; to utterly discredit; to reproach, censure

Declension

Declension of धज्जी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	धज्जी dhajjī	धज्जियाँ dhajjiyā̃
oblique	धज्जी dhajjī	धज्जियों dhajjiyõ
vocative	धज्जी dhajjī	धज्जियो dhajjiyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “धज्जी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 520
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dhajja”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press