شادی

Central Kurdish

Etymology

شاد (şad, “happy, joyful”) +‎ ـی (-î, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaːdiː/

Noun

شادی (şadî)

1. happiness, joy
2. cheerfulness, merriment
3. celebration, festivity

Related terms

• شاد (şad, “happy, joyful”)
• شادمان (şadman, “happy, glad”)

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شادی (šâdi). Equivalent to شاد (śād) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Noun

شادی (śādī) f

1. wedding, marriage

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃaː.ˈdiː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.d̪iː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.d̪iː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.d̪iː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃɔː.d̪i]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɒː.d̪iː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɔ.d̪i]

Readings
Classical reading?	šādī
Dari reading?	šādī
Iranian reading?	šâdi
Tajik reading?	šodi

Etymology 1

See شاد (šâd).

Noun

شادی • (šādī / šâdi) (plural شادی‌ها (šādī-hā / šâdi-hâ), Tajik spelling шодӣ)

1. joy
2. happiness
3. rejoicing
4. (dialectal) wedding, festivity

Related terms

• شاد (šâd)

Proper noun

شادی • (šādī / šâdi) (Tajik spelling Шодӣ)

1. a female given name, Shadi, Shadee, or Shahdee, from Middle Persian

Descendants

• → Bengali: শাদি (śadi)
• → Gujarati: શાદી (śādī)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: शादी (śādī)

  Urdu: شادی (śādī)

• → Rohingya: cádi
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਾਦੀ (śādī)

  Shahmukhi script: شادی (śādī)

Etymology 2

From the meaning above.

یک شادی.

Noun

Regional synonyms of "monkey, ape"

Dari	شادی, میمون
Iranian Persian	میمون
Tajik	маймун

شادی • (šādī / šâdi) (plural شادی‌ها (šādī-hā / šâdi-hâ), Tajik spelling шодӣ)

1. (Dari and elsewhere dialectal) monkey, ape

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شادی (šâdi). Equivalent to شاد (śād) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃɑː.d̪iː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

شادی • (śādī) f (Hindi spelling शादी)

1. wedding, marriage

   Synonyms: نکاح (nikāh), بیاہ (byāh)

Declension

Declension of شادی

	singular	plural
direct	شادی (śādī)	شادِیاں (śādiyā̃)
oblique	شادی (śādī)	شادِیوں (śādiyō̃)
vocative	شادی (śādī)	شادِیو (śādiyō)

Derived terms

• شادی شدہ (śādī-śudā, “married”)

References

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