जोड़ी

See also: जाडो, जड़, जोड़, and जोड़ा

Hindi

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *yewg-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *yugtós

Sanskrit युक्त (yukta)

Prakrit 𑀚𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (jutta)

Prakrit 𑀚𑁄𑀟𑁂𑀇 (joḍei)

Prakrit 𑀚𑁄𑀟 (joḍa)

Hindi जोड़ी (joṛī)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑁄𑀟 (joḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-); see there for more. Cognate with Marathi जोडी (joḍī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒoː.ɽiː/

Noun

जोड़ी • (joṛī) f

1. pair, duo

   Synonym: जुगलबंदी (jugalbandī)

2. connection, joining

Declension

Declension of जोड़ी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जोड़ी joṛī	जोड़ियाँ joṛiyā̃
oblique	जोड़ी joṛī	जोड़ियों joṛiyõ
vocative	जोड़ी joṛī	जोड़ियो joṛiyo

Descendants

• → Malayalam: ജോഡി (jōḍi)
• → Tamil: ஜோடி (jōṭi)

References

• Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “जोड़ी”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]