پڑوسی

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀟𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀲𑀺𑀅 (paḍivesia), from Sanskrit प्रतिवेश्य (prativeśya). By surface analysis, پَڑوس (paṛos, “neighbourhood”) +‎ ی (ī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pə.ɽoː.siː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: پَ‧ڑو‧سی

Noun

پَڑوسی • (paṛosī) m (feminine پَڑوسِن (paṛosin), Hindi spelling पड़ोसी)

1. neighbour (living next-door or adjacent to land)

   Synonym: ہمسایہ (hamsāya)

Declension

Declension of پڑوسی
	singular	plural
direct	پڑوسی (paṛosī)	پڑوسی (paṛosī)
oblique	پڑوسی (paṛosī)	پڑوسِیوں (paṛosiyõ)
vocative	پڑوسی (paṛosī)	پڑوسِیو (paṛosiyo)

References

• “پڑوسی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “پڑوسی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• “پڑوسی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.