विदेशी

See also: विदेश

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit. विदेश (videś, “foreign country”) +‎ -ई (-ī, “adjective former”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪ.d̪eː.ʃiː/

Adjective

विदेशी • (videśī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling وِدیشی‎)

1. foreign
2. (lexicography) a loanword from a foreign language; an adstrate borrowing in Hindi from Persian, Portuguese, or English

Coordinate terms

Coordinate Terms

• अर्धतत्सम (ardhatatsam)
• तत्सम (tatsam)
• तद्भव (tadbhav)
• देशज (deśaj)

 

Noun

विदेशी • (videśī) m

1. foreigner, person from another country

   Synonyms: परदेशी (pardeśī), फ़िरंगी (firaṅgī)

Declension

Declension of विदेशी (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	विदेशी videśī	विदेशी videśī
oblique	विदेशी videśī	विदेशियों videśiyõ
vocative	विदेशी videśī	विदेशियो videśiyo