सानी

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sɑː.niː/, [säː.niː]

Etymology 1

From सानना (sānnā, “to mix”) +‎ -ई (-ī, “noun suffix”).

Noun

सानी • (sānī) f (Urdu spelling سانی)

1. fodder, feed

   सानी-पानी ― sānī-pānī ― feed and water

Declension

Declension of सानी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सानी sānī	सानियाँ sāniyā̃
oblique	सानी sānī	सानियों sāniyõ
vocative	सानी sānī	सानियो sāniyo

Verb

सानी • (sānī)

1. inflection of सानना (sānnā):
   1. feminine singular perfective participle
   2. feminine singular perfect indicative

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic ثَانِي (ṯānī, “second”).

Adjective

सानी • (sānī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling ثانی)

1. equal, comparable
2. (rare) second

   Synonyms: दूसरा (dūsrā), द्वितीय (dvitīya)

   सिकंदर-ए-सानी ― sikandar-e-sānī ― "the second Alexander"; title of Alauddin Khalji

References

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