شرمگیں

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شرمگین (śarmagīn). By surface analysis, شَرْم (śarm, “shame”) +‎ گِیں (gī̃).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃəɾm.ɡĩː/
• Rhymes: -ĩː
• Hyphenation: شَرْم‧گِیں

Adjective

شَرْمْگِیں • (śarmgī̃) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling शर्मगीं) (poetic)

1. shy, blushing
2. bashful

Further reading

• “شرمگیں”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “شرمگیں”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شرم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.