سخی

See also: سخي

Pashto

سخی

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sxaɪ/

Noun

سخی • (sxay) m

1. (male) calf

Declension

Declension of سخى

	singular	plural
direct	سخى (sxay)	سخي (sxi)
oblique	سخي (sxi)	سخو (sxo)
vocative	سخيه (sxya)	سخو (sxo)

References

• Pashto English Large Dictionary

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَخِيّ (saḵiyy).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sa.ˈxiː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.xiː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.xiː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.xiː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.xi]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.xiː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.χi]

Readings
Classical reading?	saxī
Dari reading?	saxī
Iranian reading?	saxi
Tajik reading?	saxi

Adjective

سخی • (saxī / saxi) (Tajik spelling сахӣ)

1. generous, liberal

   Synonym: بخشنده (baxšande)

Descendants

• → Sindhi: سَخِي (saxī)
• → Urdu: سَخِی (saxī)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “سخی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary (overall work in English), London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 662
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “سخی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سخی (saxī), from Arabic سَخِيّ (saḵiyy).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sə.xiː/

Adjective

سَخِی • (saxī) (Hindi spelling सख़ी)

1. generous, bountiful

Noun

سَخِی • (saxī) m (Hindi spelling सख़ी)

1. generous, bountiful

   Synonym: کریم (karīm)

Related terms

• سَخاوَت (saxāvat)

References

• “سخی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “سخی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.