मुरदनी
Hindi
editAlternative forms
edit- मुर्दनी (murdanī)
Etymology
editBorrowed from Classical Persian مردنی (murdanī). By surface analysis, मुरदन (murdan) + -ई (-ī).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editमुरदनी • (muradnī) f
- pallor mortis, facial-signs of death
- deathly pallor, deathly stillness
- gloominess, melancholia
- funeral-rites
- मुरदनी में जाना ― muradnī mẽ jānā ― to go to a funeral
Declension
editDeclension of मुरदनी (fem ī-stem)
Derived terms
edit- मुरदनी छाना (muradnī chānā)
- मुरदनी फिरना (muradnī phirnā)
References
edit- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मुरदनी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मुर्दनी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “murdani”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.