-नी

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /niː/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit -𑀇𑀡𑀻 (-iṇī), from Sanskrit -इनी (-inī). Doublet of -इनी (-inī).

Suffix

-नी • (-nī)

1. -ess; forms female-counterpart nouns

Derived terms

Hindi terms suffixed with -नी (feminine)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Prakrit -𑀅𑀡𑀻𑀬 (-aṇīya), from Sanskrit -अनीय (-anīya). Doublet of -अनीय (-anīya) and -ना (-nā).

Suffix

-नी • (-nī)

1. -ance, -tion

   कह (kah, “to say”) + -नी (-nī) → कहनी (kahanī, “saying, utterance”)

Derived terms

Hindi terms suffixed with -नी

References

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