ठगी

See also: ठग

Hindi

Etymology

From ठग (ṭhag) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʈʰə.ɡiː/, [ʈʰɐ.ɡiː]

Noun

ठगी • (ṭhagī) f (Urdu spelling ٹھگی)

1. the act or process of swindling, cheating, frauding
2. thuggery, robbery
3. (historical) thuggee

Declension

Declension of ठगी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ठगी ṭhagī	ठगियाँ ṭhagiyā̃
oblique	ठगी ṭhagī	ठगियों ṭhagiyõ
vocative	ठगी ṭhagī	ठगियो ṭhagiyo

Descendants

• → English: thuggee

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ठगी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press