ساقی

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sɑː.ˈqiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɑː.qíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɑː.qíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɑː.qíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sɔː.qí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sɒː.ʁíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sɔ.qí]

Readings
Classical reading?	sāqī
Dari reading?	sāqī
Iranian reading?	sâği
Tajik reading?	soqi

Noun

Dari	ساقی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	соқӣ

ساقی • (sâqi)

1. cupbearer
2. (colloquial, Iran) drug dealer

   Synonyms: موادفروش (mavâd-foruš), فروشنده مواد مخدر (forušande-ye mavâdd-e moxadder)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سَاقِی (sāqī), from Arabic سَاقٍ (sāqin).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sɑː.qiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: سَا‧قِی

Noun

سَاقِی • (sāqī) m (feminine ساقِیا (sāqiyā), Hindi spelling साक़ी)

1. cupbearer
2. water carrier
3. bartender
4. hookah-bearer
5. (Sufism) spiritual guide, sheik
6. (figuratively) lover

Further reading

More information

• “ساقی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ساقی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ساقی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 364
• Platts, John T. (1884) “ساقی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 625
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “ساقی”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 738