زندگی
Appearance
Persian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From زنده (zinda / zende) + ـگی (-gī / -gi).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /zin.da.ˈɡiː/
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [zen̪.d̪e.ɡʲiː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zin̪.d̪ä.ɡi]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | zindagī |
| Dari reading? | zindagī |
| Iranian reading? | zendegi |
| Tajik reading? | zindagi |
Noun
[edit]زندگی • (zinda-gī / zende-gi) (Tajik spelling зиндагӣ)
- life, existence
- 1961, Sohrab Sepehri, زندگی [Zendegī], in صدای پای آب [The Sound of Water’s Footsteps], Tehran: [Publisher: Roozaneh / common anthologies], pp. 23–24:
- زندگی، سبزترین آیه، در اندیشه برگ
زندگی، خاطر دریایی یک قطره، در آرامش رود
زندگی، حس شکوفایی یک مزرعه، در باور بذر- Life is the greenest verse in the thought of a leaf.
Life is the sea-like memory of a drop in the calm of a river.
Life is the sensation of blooming in a field, in the belief of a seed.
- Life is the greenest verse in the thought of a leaf.
- 1961, Sohrab Sepehri, زندگی [Zendegī], in صدای پای آب [The Sound of Water’s Footsteps], Tehran: [Publisher: Roozaneh / common anthologies], pp. 23–24:
Inflection
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| bare | زندگی (zendegí) | زندگیها، زندگیا△ (zendegi-hấ, zendegiấ△) |
| definitive direct object | زندگی را، زندگی رو△ (zendegí râ, zendegí ro△) | زندگیها را، زندگیا رو△ (zendegi-hấ râ, zendegiấ ro△) |
| ezâfe | زندگی (zendegí-ye) | زندگیهای، زندگیای△ (zendegi-hấ-ye, zendegiấ-ye△) |
| marked indefinite or relative definite |
زندگی (zendegí) | زندگیهایی، زندگیایی△ (zendegi-hấ-yi, zendegiấ-yi△) |
△ Colloquial.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person singular (“my”) |
زندگیام (zendegí-am, zendegím△) | زندگیهایم، زندگیهام، زندگیام△ (zendegi-hấyam, zendegiấm△) |
| 2nd person singular (“your”) |
زندگیات، زندگیت△ (zendegí-at, zendegít△) | زندگیهایت، زندگیهات، زندگیات△ (zendegi-hấyat, zendegiất△) |
| 3rd person singular (“his, her, its”) |
زندگیاش، زندگیش△ (zendegí-aš, zendegíš△) | زندگیهایش، زندگیهاش، زندگیاش△ (zendegi-hấyaš, zendegiấš△) |
| 1st person plural (“our”) |
زندگیمان، زندگیمون△ (zendegíyemân, zendegímun△) | زندگیهایمان، زندگیهامون، زندگیامون△ (zendegi-hấyemân, zendegiấmun△) |
| 2nd person plural (“your”) |
زندگیتان، زندگیتون△ (zendegíyetân, zendegítun△) | زندگیهایتان، زندگیهاتون، زندگیاتون△ (zendegi-hấyetân, zendegiấtun△) |
| 3rd person plural (“their”) |
زندگیشان، زندگیشون△ (zendegíyešân, zendegíšun△) | زندگیهایشان، زندگیهاشون، زندگیاشون△ (zendegi-hấyešân, zendegiấšun△) |
△ Colloquial.
Derived terms
[edit]- زندگی کردن (zindagī kardan / zendegi kardan)
- زندگینامه (zindagī-nāma / zendegi-nâme)
Descendants
[edit]- Tajik: зиндагӣ (zindagi)
- → Bengali: জিন্দেগী (jindegi)
- → Hindustani:
- → Punjabi: زندگی (zindagī)
- → Tamil: ஜிந்தகி (jintaki)
- → Sindhi: زندگي (zindagī)
See also
[edit]- زندگانی (zindagānī / zendegâni, “life, way of life, course of life”)
Punjabi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian زندگی (zindagī).
Noun
[edit]زندگی • (zindagī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀ)
Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian زِنْدَگِی (zindagī). First attested in c. 1625 as Middle Hindi زندگی (zindagī).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /zɪn.d̪ə.ɡiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: زِن‧دَ‧گی
Noun
[edit]زِنْدَگی • (zindagī) f (Hindi spelling ज़िंदगी)
- life
- 1972, “چلو دل دار چلو”, in Kaif Bhopali (lyrics), Ghulam Mohammad (music), Pakeezah, performed by Mohammad Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar:
- زندگی ختم بھی ہو جائے اگر نہ کبھی ختم الفت کا سفر
- zindagī xatm bhī ho jāe agar na kabhī xatm ulfat kā safar
- Even if life comes to an end, may the journey of love never come to an end.
- lifetime
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | زِنْدَگی (zindagī) | زِنْدَگِیاں (zindagiyā̃) |
| oblique | زِنْدَگی (zindagī) | زِنْدَگِیوں (zindagiyō̃) |
| vocative | زِنْدَگی (zindagī) | زِنْدَگِیو (zindagiyō) |
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “زندگی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “زندگی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “زندگي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Fallon, S. W. (1879), “زندگي”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 730
- John Shakespear (1834), “زندگی”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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