तीसी

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀢𑀺𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀺 (*tissi). Cognate with Bengali তিসি (tiśi), Bhojpuri तीसी (tīsī), Nepali तिसि (tisi), and Odia ତିସୀ (tisi)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪iː.siː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: ती‧सी

Noun

तीसी • (tīsī) f (Urdu spelling تیسی)

1. linseed

   Synonym: अतसी (atsī)

Declension

Declension of तीसी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तीसी tīsī	तीसियाँ tīsiyā̃
oblique	तीसी tīsī	तीसियों tīsiyõ
vocative	तीसी tīsī	तीसियो tīsiyo

Descendants

• → Marathi: तिसी (tisī)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਤੀਸੀ (tīsī)

  Shahmukhi script: تِیسی (tīsī)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “तीसी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “तीसी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “تيسي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “तीसी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*lūṣati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 646