औषधि

See also: औषध and औषधी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit औषधि (auṣadhi).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɔːʂ.d̪ʱiː/, [ɔːʃ.d̪ʱiː]

Noun

औषधि • (auṣdhi) f (Urdu spelling اوشدھی)

1. medicine

   Synonym: दवाई (davāī)

   औषधि की अच्छा प्रभाव पड़ी।

   auṣdhi kī acchā prabhāv paṛī.

   The medicine had a good effect.

   विदेश से बहुत सारी नक़ली औषधियाँ आती हैं।

   videś se bahut sārī naqlī auṣdhiyā̃ ātī ha͠i.

   Many spurious drugs come from abroad.

Declension

Declension of औषधि (fem i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	औषधि auṣdhi	औषधियाँ auṣdhiyā̃
oblique	औषधि auṣdhi	औषधियों auṣdhiyõ
vocative	औषधि auṣdhi	औषधियो auṣdhiyo

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “औषधि”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “औषधि”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “औषधि”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.