-ची

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian [Term?], from Turkic
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Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiː/

Suffix

-ची • (-cī) m (Urdu spelling ـچی)

1. suffix to form nouns (chiefly agent nouns)

Declension

Declension of -ची (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	-ची -cī	-ची -cī
oblique	-ची -cī	-चियों -ciyõ
vocative	-ची -cī	-चियो -ciyo

Derived terms

Hindi terms suffixed with -ची

अफ़ीमची

गोलची

निशानची

मदकची

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “-ची”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press