पीढ़ी

Hindi

Etymology

Feminine form of पीढ़ा (pīṛhā), from Sanskrit पीठ (pīṭha, “stool”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /piː.ɽʱiː/

Noun

पीढ़ी • (pīṛhī) f (Urdu spelling پیڑھی)

1. lineage, genealogy, pedigree

   नेहरू-गाँधी पीढ़ी ― nehrū-gāndhī pīṛhī ― Nehru-Gandhi family

2. generation (of a family or of all people)

   मेरे परदादा की पीढ़ी तुमको देखके बहुत गर्व करती।

   mere pardādā kī pīṛhī tumko dekhke bahut garv kartī.

   The generation of my great-grandfather would be proud of you.

3. (rare or obsolete) small stool

Declension

Declension of पीढ़ी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पीढ़ी pīṛhī	पीढ़ियाँ pīṛhiyā̃
oblique	पीढ़ी pīṛhī	पीढ़ियों pīṛhiyõ
vocative	पीढ़ी pīṛhī	पीढ़ियो pīṛhiyo

References

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