تیرگی

Persian

Etymology

From تیره + ـگی.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /teː.ra.ˈɡiː/, /tiː.ra.ˈɡiː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰiː.ɾä.ɡíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰiː.ɾä.ɡíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰiː.ɾä.ɡíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰi.ɾä.ɡí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰiː.ɹe.ɡʲíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰi.ɾä.ɡí]

• Rhymes: -iː

Readings
Classical reading?	tēragī, tīragī
Dari reading?	tīragī
Iranian reading?	tiregi
Tajik reading?	tiragi

Noun

تیرگی • (tīragī / tiregi) (Tajik spelling тирагӣ)

1. darkness, gloom, dimness, obscurity

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: तीरगी (tīrgī), तीर्गी (tīrgī)

  Urdu: تِیرَگی (tīragī, tīrgī)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਤੀਰਗੀ (tīragī, tīrgī)

  Shahmukhi script: تِیرَگی (tīragī, tīrgī)

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Classical Persian تیره

Classical Persian ـگی (-gē)

Classical Persian تِیرَگِی (tīragī)bor.

Urdu تیرگی

Borrowed from Classical Persian تِیرَگِی (tīragī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪iː.ɾə.ɡiː/, /t̪iːɾ.ɡiː/

Noun

تِیرَگِی or تِیرْگِی • (tīragī or tīrgī) f (Hindi spelling तीरगी or तीर्गी)

1. (literary) darkness, gloom, obscurity

   Synonym: اَنْدھیرا (andherā)

Declension

Declension of تیرگی

	singular	plural
direct	تِیرَگی (tīragī)	تِیرَگِیاں (tīragiyā̃)
oblique	تِیرَگی (tīragī)	تِیرَگِیوں (tīragiyō̃)
vocative	تِیرَگی (tīragī)	تِیرَگِیو (tīragiyō)

Further reading

• “تیرگی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.