सुई

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi सुई (suī), सूई (sūī), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀽𑀈 (sūī), from Sanskrit सूची (sūcī́). Doublet of सूची (sūcī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sʊ.iː/

Noun

सुई • (suī) f (Urdu spelling سوئی)

1. needle (for knitting and otherwise)

   सुई और धागा/सूई तागा ― suī aur dhāgā/sūī tāgā ― needle and thread

2. (medicine) syringe, injection

   सुई लगाना ― suī lagānā ― to inject

Declension

Declension of सुई (fem ind ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सुई suī	सुइयाँ suiyā̃
oblique	सुई suī	सुइयों suiyõ
vocative	सुई suī	सुइयो suiyo

Alternative forms

• सूई (sūī)

Derived terms

• सूई के नाके से ऊँट निकालना (sūī ke nāke se ū̃ṭ nikālnā, “to make a camel go through the eye of a needle”)
• सूई को फ़ावड़ा बनाना (sūī ko fāvṛā banānā, “to make a needle into a spade; make a mountain out of a molehill”)
• सूईकार (sūīkār)
• सूईकारी (sūīkārī)

 

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सुई”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सुई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 1034

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘭𑘳𑘧𑘲 (suyī), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀲𑀽𑀈 (sūī), from Sanskrit सूची (sūcī́). Cognate with Gujarati સોય (soya), Sindhi سُئِي / सुई (suī), Punjabi ਸੂਈ (sūī), Bengali সুই (śui).

Noun

सुई • (suī) f

1. needle

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “सुई”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “सुई”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “सुई”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sūcīˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press