بے عزتی

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بی عِزَّتِی (bē izzatī). By surface analysis, بے عِزَّت (be 'izzat, “without respect”) +‎ ـِی (-ī, “act of”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /beː.ɪz.zə.t̪iː/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /beːs.t̪iː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

بے عِزَّتی • (be 'izzatī) f (Hindi spelling बेइज़्ज़ती)

1. disrespect; disgrace; insult; humiliation; slander

Declension

Declension of بے عزتی
	singular	plural
direct	بے عزتی (be ‘izzatī)	بے عزتِیاں (be ‘izzatiyā̃)
oblique	بے عزتی (be ‘izzatī)	بے عزتِیوں (be ‘izzatiyō̃)
vocative	بے عزتی (be ‘izzatī)	بے عزتِیو (be ‘izzatiyō)

Further reading

• “be'izzatii”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “عزت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.