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पोशीदगी

Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian پوشِیدَگِی (pōšīdagī).[1] By surface analysis, पोशीदा (pośīdā) +‎ -गी (-gī). First attested in c. 1799 as Middle Hindi پوشِیدَگِی (pvśydgy).[2]

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /poː.ʃiːd̪.ɡiː/
  • Hyphenation: पो‧शीद‧गी
  • Rhymes: -iː

Noun

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पोशीदगी • (pośīdgī) f (Urdu spelling پوشِیدَگِی)[3]

  1. (rare) secrecy, hiddenness, concealment
    Synonym: गुप्तता (guptatā)
    • 1978, Jainendra Kumar, मेरे भटकाव [mere bhaṭkāv]‎[1], Purvodaya Prakashan, →LCCN, page 34:
      असल में क्रान्तिकारी आन्दोलन के साथ एक पोशीदगी का भाव रहता था । इस पोशीदगी के आलम में, पराक्रम के स्रोत में भय भी रहता है ।
      asal mẽ krāntikārī āndolan ke sāth ek pośīdgī kā bhāv rahtā thā . is pośīdgī ke ālam mẽ, parākram ke srot mẽ bhay bhī rahtā hai .
      In reality, there was a sense of secrecy associated with the revolutionary movement. In this state of secrecy, there is also fear in the source of valour.

Declension

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Declension of पोशीदगी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct पोशीदगी
pośīdgī 		पोशीदगियाँ
pośīdgiyā̃
oblique पोशीदगी
pośīdgī 		पोशीदगियों
pośīdgiyõ
vocative पोशीदगी
pośīdgī 		पोशीदगियो
pośīdgiyo

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More information
  1. ^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “pośīdagī”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 695.
  2. ^ “پوشِیدَگی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  3. ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “पोशीदगी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Further reading

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