صدی

See also: صدئ and صدي

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صدی (sadī, “a hundred”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sə.d̪iː/

Noun

صَدی • (sadī) f (Hindi spelling सदी)

1. century

   Synonyms: شَتَک (śatak), قَرْن (qarn)

   اِکِّیسوِیں صَدی ― ikkīsvī̃ sadī ― twenty-first century

   • 1904, Muhammad Iqbal, Tarānā-e-Hind :

     کُچھ بات ہَے کِہ ہَسْتی مِٹْتی نَہِیں ہَماری
     صَدِیوں رَہَا ہَے دُشْمَن دَورِ زَماں ہَمارا

     kuch bāt hai ki hastī miṭtī nahī̃ hamārī
     sadiyõ rahā hai duśman daur-i zamā̃ hamārā

     There is something about our existence for it doesn't get wiped
     Even though, for centuries, the time-cycle has been our enemy.

Declension

Declension of صدی
	singular	plural
direct	صَدی (sadī)	صَدِیاں (sadiyā̃)
oblique	صَدی (sadī)	صَدِیوں (sadiyō̃)
vocative	صَدی (sadī)	صَدِیو (sadiyō)

Further reading

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