چابی

See also: چاٻی and باجی

Kalami

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-der.

Proto-Italic *klāwis

Latin clāvis

Old Galician-Portuguese chave

Portuguese chavebor.

Urdu چَابِی (cābī)bor.

Kalami چابی

Borrowed from Urdu چَابِی (cābī).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: LH
• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕàːbíː/

Noun

چابی (čābī) f

1. key

References

• Baart, Joan L. G. (1997), “čābī”, in The sounds and tones of Kalam Kohistani: with wordlist and texts (Studies in Languages of Northern Pakistan; 1)‎^[1], National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University; Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 82

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani चाबी / چابی (cābī), from Portuguese chave.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃäː.biː/, [ˈt͡ʃäː.biː]

Noun

چابِی • (cābī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਚਾਬੀ)

1. key

   Synonym: کُنجِی (kunjī)

2. spanner, wrench

Declension

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Further reading

• “چابی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026

Urdu

Alternative forms

• چابھی (cābhī)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-der.

Proto-Italic *klāwis

Latin clāvis

Old Galician-Portuguese chave

Portuguese chavebor.

Urdu چابی

Borrowed from Portuguese chave.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑː.biː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: چا‧بی

Noun

چابی • (cābī) f

1. key (object for opening and closing a lock)

   Synonym: تالی (tālī)

Declension

Declension of چابی

	singular	plural
direct	چابی (cābī)	چابِیاں (cābiyā̃)
oblique	چابی (cābī)	چابِیوں (cābiyō̃)
vocative	چابی (cābī)	چابِیو (cābiyō)

Related terms

• تالا (tālā)

Descendants

• → Marwari: चाबी (cābī)
• → Nepali: चाबी (cābī)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਚਾਬੀ (cābī)

  Shahmukhi script: چابی (cābī)

• → Sindhi:

  Arabic script: چاٻِي (cāḇī)

  Devanagari script: चाॿी

Further reading

• “چابی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “چابی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “چابی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.