मुरदनी

Hindi

Alternative forms

• मुर्दनी (murdanī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مردنی (murdanī). By surface analysis, मुरदन (murdan) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mʊ.ɾəd̪.niː/, [mʊ.ɾɐd̪̚.niː]

Noun

मुरदनी • (muradnī) f

1. pallor mortis, facial-signs of death
2. deathly pallor, deathly stillness
3. gloominess, melancholia
4. funeral-rites

   मुरदनी में जाना ― muradnī mẽ jānā ― to go to a funeral

Declension

Declension of मुरदनी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मुरदनी muradnī	मुरदनियाँ muradniyā̃
oblique	मुरदनी muradnī	मुरदनियों muradniyõ
vocative	मुरदनी muradnī	मुरदनियो muradniyo

Derived terms

• मुरदनी छाना (muradnī chānā)
• मुरदनी फिरना (muradnī phirnā)

 

References

• 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.