अगवानी

Hindi

Etymology

From अगवान (agvān) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /əɡ.ʋɑː.niː/, [ɐɡ.wäː.niː]

Noun

अगवानी • (agvānī) f

1. welcome, reception (greeting or formal event given upon someone's arrival)

   Synonym: स्वागत (svāgat)

Declension

Declension of अगवानी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अगवानी agvānī	अगवानियाँ agvāniyā̃
oblique	अगवानी agvānī	अगवानियों agvāniyõ
vocative	अगवानी agvānī	अगवानियो agvāniyo

Derived terms

• अगवानी करना (agvānī karnā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अगवानी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press