मक्खी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed 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

मक्खी • (makkhī) f (Urdu spelling مکھی)

1. a fly

   जल्दी, मक्खी को मारो! ― jaldī, makkhī ko māro! ― Quickly, kill the fly!

2. (less common) a bee

   Synonym: मधुमक्खी (madhumakkhī)

Declension

Declension of मक्खी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मक्खी makkhī	मक्खियाँ makkhiyā̃
oblique	मक्खी makkhī	मक्खियों makkhiyõ
vocative	मक्खी makkhī	मक्खियो makkhiyo

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mákṣā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press