पड़ोसी

Hindi

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *per-der.

Sanskrit प्रति (prati)

Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-

Sanskrit विश् (viś)

Sanskrit वेश (veśa)

Sanskrit प्रतिवेश (prativeśa)

Sanskrit प्रतिवेश्य (prativeśya)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀧𑀝𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀲𑀺𑀬 (paṭivesiya)

Prakrit 𑀧𑀟𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀲𑀺𑀅 (paḍivesia)

Hindi पड़ोसी

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀟𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀲𑀺𑀅 (paḍivesia), from Sanskrit प्रतिवेश्य (prativeśya).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /pə.ɽoː.siː/, [pɐ.ɽoː.siː]

Noun

पड़ोसी • (paṛosī) m (female equivalent पड़ोसिन, Urdu spelling پڑوسی)

1. neighbour, neighbor (a person living on adjacent or nearby land)

   Synonym: प्रतिवेशी (prativeśī)

   राजू साहब हमारे पड़ोसी नहीं है, वे किसी दुसरे गली में रहते हैं।

   rājū sāhab hamāre paṛosī nahī̃ hai, ve kisī dusre galī mẽ rahte ha͠i.

   Mr Raju is not our neighbour, he lives on a different street.

Declension

Declension of पड़ोसी (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पड़ोसी paṛosī	पड़ोसी paṛosī
oblique	पड़ोसी paṛosī	पड़ोसियों paṛosiyõ
vocative	पड़ोसी paṛosī	पड़ोसियो paṛosiyo

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “पड़ोसी”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017), IndoWordNet‎^[1]
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “prativēśya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press