क़ुर्बानी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قربانی (qurbānī)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /qʊɾ.bɑː.niː/, [qʊɾ.bäː.niː], /kʊɾ.bɑː.niː/, [kʊɾ.bäː.niː]

Noun

क़ुर्बानी • (qurbānī) f (Urdu spelling قربانی)

1. sacrifice

   Synonyms: बलिदान (balidān), आहुति (āhuti)

Declension

Declension of क़ुर्बानी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	क़ुर्बानी qurbānī	क़ुर्बानियाँ qurbāniyā̃
oblique	क़ुर्बानी qurbānī	क़ुर्बानियों qurbāniyõ
vocative	क़ुर्बानी qurbānī	क़ुर्बानियो qurbāniyo

Derived terms

• क़ुर्बानी करना (qurbānī karnā)

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “قرباني”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “قربانى”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul