सदी

See also: सदा, सूदो, and सद्

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صدی (sadī, “a hundred”). Compare Gujarati સદી (sadī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sə.d̪iː/, [sɐ.d̪iː]

Noun

सदी • (sadī) f (Urdu spelling صَدی)

1. century

   इक्कीसवीं सदी ― ikkīsvī̃ sadī ― twenty-first century

   Synonyms: शताब्दी (śatābdī), शती (śatī), शतक (śatak)

   • 1904, Muhammad Iqbal, Tarānā-e-Hind :

     कुछ बात है कि हस्ती मिटती नहीं हमारी
     सदियों रहा है दुश्मन दौर-ए-ज़माँ हमारा

     kuch bāt hai ki hastī miṭtī nahī̃ hamārī
     sadiyõ rahā hai duśman daur-e-zamā̃ hamārā

     There is something about our existence for it doesn't get wiped
     Even though, for centuries, the time-cycle has been our enemy.

Declension

Declension of सदी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सदी sadī	सदियाँ sadiyā̃
oblique	सदी sadī	सदियों sadiyõ
vocative	सदी sadī	सदियो sadiyo

Related terms

• फ़ीसदी (fīsdī, “percent”)

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सदी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4938
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सदी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 979