सिंचाई

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ-

Sanskrit सिच् (sic)

Sanskrit सिञ्चति (siñcati)

Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀘𑀇 (siṃcaï)

Apabhramsa 𑆱𑆴𑆁𑆖𑆼𑆅 (siṃcei)

Hindi सींचना (sī̃cnā)

Hindi -आई (-āī)

Hindi सिंचाई (siñcāī)

From सींचना (sī̃cnā) + -आई (-āī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sɪ̃.t͡ʃɑː.iː/, [sɪ̃.t͡ʃäː.iː]

Noun

सिंचाई • (sĩcāī) f (Urdu spelling سِن٘چائی)

1. irrigation, watering

   Synonym: सिंचन (siñcan)

Declension

Declension of सिंचाई (fem ind ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सिंचाई sĩcāī	सिंचाइयाँ sĩcāiyā̃
oblique	सिंचाई sĩcāī	सिंचाइयों sĩcāiyõ
vocative	सिंचाई sĩcāī	सिंचाइयो sĩcāiyo

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “सिंचाई”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 656.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “सिंचाई”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 806
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सिंचाई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 1011
• “सिंचाई”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.