नामर्दगी

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-Iranian *náder.

Classical Persian ناـ

Proto-Indo-European *mer-der.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *mártyas

Proto-Iranian *mártyah

Old Persian 𐎶𐎼𐎫𐎡𐎹 (m-r-t-i-y /⁠martiyaʰ⁠/)

Middle Persian [script needed] (mlt' /⁠mard⁠/)

Classical Persian مرد

Classical Persian نَامَرْد (nāmard)bor.

Hindi नामर्द (nāmard)

Classical Persian ـگِی (-gī)bor.

Hindi -गी (-gī)

Hindi नामर्दगी

Persianate formation from नामर्द (nāmard) +‎ -गी (-gī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /nɑː.məɾd̪.ɡiː/, [näː.mɐɾd̪.ɡiː], /nɑː.məɾ.d̪ᵊɡiː/, [näː.mɐɾ.d̪ᵊɡiː]

Noun

नामर्दगी • (nāmardgī or nāmardagī) m

1. synonym of नामर्दी (nāmardī, “impotence; unmanliness, cowardice”)

Declension

Declension of नामर्दगी (sg-only fem ī-stem)

	singular
direct	नामर्दगी nāmardgī, nāmardagī
oblique	नामर्दगी nāmardgī, nāmardagī
vocative	नामर्दगी nāmardgī, nāmardagī