مرغابی

Gojri

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مرغابی (murġābī). By surface analysis, مُرْغ (murġ) +‎ آبِی (ābī).

Noun

ْمُرْغَابِی (murġābī) f

1. waterfowl (an aquatic bird)

Further reading

• Dr Rafique Anjum (2018), Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 402.
• Javaid Rahi (2015), “ْمُرْغَابِی”, in گوجری ڈکشنری [Gojri Dictionary] (in Gojri), page 830, column 1.

Persian

Etymology

From مرغ (morġ, “fowl”) +‎ آبی (âbi, “marine, of the water”), literally “water fowl”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mur.ɣaː.ˈbiː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊɾ.ɣɑː.biː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊɾ.ɣɑː.biː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊɾ.ɣɑː.biː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [muɾ.ɣɔː.bi]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [moɹ.ɢɒː.biː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [muɾ.ʁɔ.bi]

Readings
Classical reading?	murġābī
Dari reading?	murġābī
Iranian reading?	morġâbi
Tajik reading?	murġobi

Noun

مرغابی • (morġâbi)

1. duck
2. wild duck

Descendants

• → Gojri: مُرْغَابِیْ (murġābī)
• → Gujarati: મુરઘાબી (murghābī)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मुर्ग़ाबी (murġābī)

  Urdu: مُرْغَابِی (murġābī)

• → Kashmiri:

  Arabic script: مُرغابی (murġābī)

  Devanagari script: मुरगाबी (muragābī)

  Sharada script: 𑆩𑆶𑆫𑆓𑆳𑆧𑆵 (muragābī)

• → Marwari:

  Devanagari script: मुरगाबी (murgābī)

  Mahajani script: 𑅬𑅒𑅭𑅗𑅪𑅑 (murgbi)

• → Punjabi: murġābī

  Gurmukhi script: ਮੁਰਗ਼ਾਬੀ

  Shahmukhi script: مُرْغَابِی

• → Saraiki:

  Devanagari script: मुरग़ाबी (murġābī)

  Multani script: 𑊠𑊢𑊆𑊝 (mrgb)

  Shahmukhi script: مُرْغَابِی (murġābī)

• → Sindhi: muraġābī

  Arabic script: مُرْغ آبي (murġ ābe), مُرْغابي (murġābe)

  Devanagari script: मुरग़ाबी

  Khojki script: 𑈤𑈯𑈦𑈊𑈶𑈬𑈡𑈮

  Khudabadi script: 𑋗𑋣𑋙𑊼𑋩𑋠𑋔𑋢

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مرغابی (murġābī). By surface analysis, مُرْغ (murġ) +‎ آبِیْ (ābī).

Noun

مُرْغَابِی • (murġābī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੁਰਗ਼ਾਬੀ)

1. wild duck, waterfowl

Declension

Declension of مرغابی

	singular	plural
direct	مُرْغَابی (murġābī)	مُرْغَابِیاں (murġābīyāṉ)
oblique	مُرْغَابی (murġābī)	مُرْغَابِیاں (murġābīyāṉ)
vocative	مُرْغَابئِیے (murġāb'iye)	مُرْغَابِیو (murġābīv)
ablative	مُرْغَابِیوں (murġābīvṉ)	—
locative	مُرْغَابے (murġābe)	مُرْغَابِیں (murġābīṉ)
instrumental	—	—

Further reading

• “ਮੁਰਗਾਬੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “مُرغابی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz], page 2517

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مرغابی (murġābī). By surface analysis, مُرْغ (murġ) +‎ آبِی (ābī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊɾ.ɣɑː.biː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: مُرْ‧غَا‧بِی

Noun

مُرْغَابِی • (murġābī) f (Hindi spelling मुर्ग़ाबी)

1. wild duck, waterfowl

Declension

Declension of مرغابی

	singular	plural
direct	مُرْغَابِی (murġābī)	مُرْغَابِِیاں (murġābiyā̃)
oblique	مُرْغَابِی (murġābī)	مُرْغَابِِیوں (murġābiyō̃)
vocative	مُرْغَابِی (murġābī)	مُرْغَابِِیو (murġābiyō)

References

• “مرغابی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “مرغابی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 581
• “مرغابی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.