ضدی

Urdu

Etymology

From ضِد (zid, “stubbornness”) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

ضِدّی • (ziddī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling ज़िद्दी)

1. stubborn; obstinate
2. bigoted

Further reading

• “ضدی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ضدی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ضدی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “ضدي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.