पड़ोसी

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀟𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀲𑀺𑀅 (paḍivesia), from Sanskrit प्रतिवेश्य (prativeśya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pə.ɽoː.siː/, [pɐ.ɽoː.siː]

Noun

पड़ोसी • (paṛosī) m (Urdu spelling پڑوسی)

1. neighbour, neighbor (a person living on adjacent or nearby land)

   Synonym: प्रतिवेशी (prativeśī)

   राजू साहब हमारे पड़ोसी नहीं है, वे किसी दुसरे गली में रहते हैं।

   rājū sāhab hamāre paṛosī nahī̃ hai, ve kisī dusre galī mẽ rahte ha͠i.

   Mr Raju is not our neighbour, he lives on a different street.

Declension

Declension of पड़ोसी (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पड़ोसी paṛosī	पड़ोसी paṛosī
oblique	पड़ोसी paṛosī	पड़ोसियों paṛosiyõ
vocative	पड़ोसी paṛosī	पड़ोसियो paṛosiyo

Related terms

• पड़ोसिन (paṛosin)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “पड़ोसी”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet‎^[1]
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “prativēśya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press