زبردستی
Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From زبردست (zabardast, “superior, powerful”) + ـی (-ī).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /zə.bəɾ.d̪əs.t̪iː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: زَ‧بَر‧دَس‧تی
Noun
[edit]زَبَرْدَسْتی • (zabardastī) f (Hindi spelling ज़बरदस्ती)
- forcefulness; coercion (act of forcing)
- (by extension) oppression, injustice
- Synonym: زِیادَتی (ziyādatī)
Declension
[edit]| Declension of زبردستی | ||||||||
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| singular | plural | |||||||
| direct | زبردستی (zabardastī) | (zabardastiyā̃) | ||||||
| oblique | (zabardastī) | (zabardastiyō̃) | ||||||
| vocative | (zabardastī) | (zabardastiyō) | ||||||
Derived terms
[edit]- زَبَرْدَسْتی سے (zabardastī se, “forcibly”)
Further reading
[edit]- “زبردستی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “زبردستی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “زبر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.