جفتی
Urdu
[edit]
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian جُفتی (juftī, “pairing; copulation”). By surface analysis, جفت (juft, “pair, couple”) + ـی (-ī, suffix forming abstract nouns).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d͡ʒʊf.t̪iː/
- Rhymes: -iː
Noun
[edit]جُفْتی • (juftī) f (Hindi spelling जुफ़्ती)
- sexual intercourse, copulation
- pairing, mating (of animals)
Related terms
[edit]- جفت (juft)
References
[edit]- “جفتی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جفتی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “جفتی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “جفتی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.