حیرانگی

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic حَيْرَان (ḥayrān)bor.

Classical Persian حَیرَان (hayrān)bor.

Urdu حَیرَان (hairān)

Persian ـگیbor.

Urdu ـگی (-gī)

Urdu حَیرَانْگِی (hairāngī)

From حَیرَان (hairān, “surprising, surprised”, adj) +‎ ـگِی (-gī). First attested in c. 1635 as Middle Hindi حیرانگی (ḥyrangy /⁠hairāngī⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦɛː.ɾɑːn.ɡiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: حَے‧رانْ‧گِی

Noun

حَیرَانْگِی • (hairāngī) f (Hindi spelling हैरानगी)

1. surprise, puzzle, astonishment (ie. something unexpected, a wonder, amazement, neither positive nor negative)

   Synonym: تَعَجُّب (ta'ajjub)

Declension

Declension of حیرانگی
	singular	plural
direct	حَیرَانْگی (hairāṅgī)	حَیرَانْگِیاں (hairāṅgiyā̃)
oblique	حَیرَانْگی (hairāṅgī)	حَیرَانْگِیوں (hairāṅgiyō̃)
vocative	حَیرَانْگی (hairāṅgī)	حَیرَانْگِیو (hairāṅgiyō)

Further reading

• “حیرانگی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.