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ਚਾਂਦੀ

Punjabi edit

 
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Etymology edit

Ultimately from Sanskrit चन्द्रिका (candrikā).[1][2] Compare Hindustani چَاندِی (cāndī) / चाँदी (cā̃dī), Gujarati ચાંદી (cā̃dī), Sindhi چانديِ / चांदी, Marathi चांदी (cāndī), Bengali চাঁদি (cãdi).

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Noun edit

ਚਾਂਦੀ • (cāndī) f (Shahmukhi spelling چاندی)

  1. (chemistry) silver (metal)

References edit

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “candrikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चाँदी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading edit

  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਚਾਂਦੀ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
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