بجلی

See also: تحلي, تخلي, تخلى, and پخلی

Urdu

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *wi

Sanskrit वि- (vi-)

Proto-Indo-European *dyew-der.

Sanskrit द्युत् (dyut)

Sanskrit विद्युत् (vidyut)

Proto-Indo-European *lentéh₂?

Sanskrit लता (latā)

Sanskrit विद्युल्लता (vidyullatā)

Urdu بِجْلی (bijlī)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀆 (vijjuliā), from Sanskrit विद्युल्लता (vidyullatā, “forked lightning”), from विद्युत् (vidyut, “lightning”) + लता (latā, “creeper”). Cognate with Odia ବିଜୁଳି (bijuḷi), Gujarati વીજળી (vījaḷī), Nepali बिजुली (bijulī), Assamese বিজুলী (bizuli), Punjabi ਬਿਜਲੀ (bijlī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɪd͡ʒ.liː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

بِجْلی • (bijlī) f (Hindi spelling बिजली)

1. electricity
2. lightning

Declension

Declension of بجلی
	singular	plural
direct	بِجْلی (bijlī)	بِجْلِیاں (bijliyā̃)
oblique	بِجْلی (bijlī)	بِجْلِیوں (bijliyō̃)
vocative	بِجْلی (bijlī)	بِجْلِیو (bijliyō)

Descendants

• → Marathi: बिजली (bijlī)
• → Pashto: بجلي

Further reading

• “بجلی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بجلی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “bijlī”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 134
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “bij'lī”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 101