शाई

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سیاهی (siyāhī). Compare Gujarati શાહી (śāhī), Hindi स्याही (syāhī), Assamese চিয়াঁহী (siãhi).

Noun

शाई • (śāī) f

1. ink

Descendants

• → Kannada: ಶಾಯಿ (śāyi)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “शाई”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “शाई”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press