ماہی

See also: ماهی and ماهي

Baluchi

Noun

ماہی • (máhí)

1. fish

See also

• ماہیگ (máhíg)

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit माहिष (māhiṣa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /mäː.ɦiː/

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• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: مَا‧ہِی

Noun

مَاہِی • (māhī) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਾਹੀ)

1. boatman; buffalo herdsman
2. (poetic) beloved, lover
3. (by extension) husband

Declension

Declension of ماہی

	singular	plural
direct	ماہی (māhī)	ماہی (māhī)
oblique	ماہی (māhī)	ماہِیاں (māhīyāṉ)
vocative	ماہِیا (māhīyā)	ماہِیو (māhīv)
ablative	ماہِیوں (māhīvṉ)	ماہِیاں (māhīyāṉ)
locative	—	—
instrumental	—	—

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ماہی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਮਾਹੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “māhiṣa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ماهی (māhī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɑː.ɦiː/

Noun

ماہی • (māhī) f (Hindi spelling माही)

1. fish

Synonyms

• مَتْسیَہ (matsya)
• مَچْھلی (machlī)