पेशगी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پیشگی (pēšgī). Compare Punjabi ਪੇਸ਼ਗੀ (peśgī) / پیشگی (peśgī), Sindhi پيشگي / पेशगी, Gujarati પેશગી (peśgī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /peːʃ.ɡiː/

Noun

पेशगी • (peśgī) f (Urdu spelling پیشْگی)

1. advance (payment given beforehand)

   Synonyms: अगाऊ (agāū), अग्रिम (agrim), पेशी (peśī)

Declension

Declension of पेशगी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पेशगी peśgī	पेशगियाँ peśgiyā̃
oblique	पेशगी peśgī	पेशगियों peśgiyõ
vocative	पेशगी peśgī	पेशगियो peśgiyo

Further reading

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