शाही

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاهی (šāhī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃɑː.ɦiː/, [ʃäː.ɦiː]

Adjective

शाही • (śāhī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling شاہی)

1. royal, regal, kingly

   Synonym: राजसी (rājsī)

2. befitting or worthy of a king

Derived terms

• शाही परिवार (śāhī parivār)

Noun

शाही • (śāhī) f (Urdu spelling شاہی)

1. (derogatory) regime, rule, reign
2. a cultivar of litchis, famously grown in Muzaffarpur

Declension

Declension of शाही (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शाही śāhī	शाहियाँ śāhiyā̃
oblique	शाही śāhī	शाहियों śāhiyõ
vocative	शाही śāhī	शाहियो śāhiyo

Derived terms

• गुंडाशाही (guṇḍāśāhī)
• नादिरशाही (nādirśāhī)
• नौकरशाही (naukarśāhī)
• लालफ़ीताशाही (lālfītāśāhī)
• हिटलरशाही (hiṭlarśāhī)

 

References

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