ادائیگی

Urdu

Etymology

From ادا (adā, “completion; submission”) +‎ ـئیگی (-'īgī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.d̪ɑː.iː.ɡiː/, [ə.d̪ɑː.eː.ɡiː]
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: ا‧دا‧ئی‧گی

Noun

اَدائِیگی • (adāīgī) f (Hindi spelling अदायगी)

1. payment (of an invoice or dues)
   1. fulfilment of debt, or loan
   2. collection of levies or taxes
2. delivery of speech or acting, recitation
3. completion of a task
   1. (Islam) the offering of salat at the appropriate time.

Further reading

• “ادائیگی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ادائیگی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ادائگی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.