चारपाई

Hindi

चारपाई

Etymology

From चार (cār, “four”) +‎ पाया (pāyā, “feet”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑːɾ.pɑː.iː/, [t͡ʃäːɾ.päː.iː]

Noun

चारपाई • (cārpāī) f (Urdu spelling چار پائی)

1. bedstead

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:पलंग

Declension

Declension of चारपाई (fem ind ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चारपाई cārpāī	चारपाइयाँ cārpāiyā̃
oblique	चारपाई cārpāī	चारपाइयों cārpāiyõ
vocative	चारपाई cārpāī	चारपाइयो cārpāiyo

Descendants

• → English: charpoy

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “चारपाई”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1512
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “चारपाई”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 205
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “चारपाई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 312
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “चारपाई”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 191.