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झड़ी

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit झडी (jhaḍī), from Dravidian.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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झड़ी (jhaṛīf (Urdu spelling جھڑی)

  1. shower, barrage of rain that last days
  2. (figurative) a barrage
    सवालों की झड़ीsavālõ kī jhaṛīa barrage of questions

Declension

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Declension of झड़ी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct झड़ी
jhaṛī
झड़ियाँ
jhaṛiyā̃
oblique झड़ी
jhaṛī
झड़ियों
jhaṛiyõ
vocative झड़ी
jhaṛī
झड़ियो
jhaṛiyo

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*jhaḍī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press