मक्खी
Hindi
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan (whence Punjabi ਮੱਖੀ (makkhī)), from Prakrit 𑀫𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺𑀆 (makkhiā), from Sanskrit मक्षिका (makṣikā), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mákšiH (“fly, bee”). Cognate with Assamese মাখি (makhi), Bengali মাছি (machi), Gujarati માખી (mākhī). Displaced native Old Hindi माखी (mākhī) and माछी (māchī).
Noun
editमक्खी • (makkhī) f (Urdu spelling مکھی)
- a fly
- जल्दी, मक्खी को मारो! ― jaldī, makkhī ko māro! ― Quickly, kill the fly!
- (less common) a bee
- Synonym: मधुमक्खी (madhumakkhī)
Declension
editDeclension of मक्खी (fem ī-stem)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mákṣā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Categories:
- Hindi terms borrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages
- Hindi terms derived from Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages
- Hindi terms derived from Prakrit
- Hindi terms derived from Sanskrit
- Hindi terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Hindi lemmas
- Hindi nouns
- Hindi feminine nouns
- Hindi terms with usage examples
- Hindi feminine ī-stem nouns
- hi:Insects