مہنگائی
Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From مہن٘گا (mahaṅgā, “expensive”) + ـی (-ī).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mə.ɦəŋ.ɡɑː.iː/, [mɛ.ɦɛŋ.ɡɑː.iː]
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: مَ‧ہَن٘‧گا‧ئی
Noun
[edit]مَہَن٘گائی • (mahaṅgāī) m (Hindi spelling महँगाई)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | مہن٘گائی (mahaṅgā'ī) | مہن٘گائی (mahaṅgā'ī) |
| oblique | مہن٘گائی (mahaṅgā'ī) | مہن٘گائِیوں (mahaṅgā'iyõ) |
| vocative | مہن٘گائی (mahaṅgā'ī) | مہن٘گائِیو (mahaṅgā'iyo) |
Further reading
[edit]- “مہنگائی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “مہنگائی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مہنگا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.