बिजली

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See also: बिजुली

Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼𑀮𑀻 (vijjulī), 𑀯𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀆 (vijjuliā), from Sanskrit विद्युल्लता (vidyullatā, “forked lightning”), from विद्युत् (vidyut, “lightning”) + लता (latā, “creeper, vine, liana”), with the shape of the lightning being compared to a creeper.[1][2] Cognate with Assamese বিজুলী (bizuli), Sinhalese විදුලිය (widuliya).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /bɪd͡ʒ.liː/, [bɪd͡ʒ.l̪iː]

Noun[edit]

बिजली • (bijlī) f (Urdu spelling بجلی‎)

  1. electricity
    बिजली जाना ― bijlī jānā ― for the lights to go out
  2. lightning, thunder
    बिजली कड़कड़ाना ― bijlī kaṛakṛānā ― to thunder
    बिजली गिरना ― bijlī girnā ― for lightning to strike

Declension[edit]

Declension of बिजली (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct बिजली
bijlī 		बिजलियाँ
bijliyā̃
oblique बिजली
bijlī 		बिजलियों
bijliyõ
vocative बिजली
bijlī 		बिजलियो
bijliyo

Descendants[edit]

  • → Pashto: بجلي‎

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages‎[1], Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass.
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vidyullatā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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