गंदगी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گندگی (gandagī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡən.d̪ə.ɡiː/, [ɡɐ̃n̪.d̪ɐ.ɡiː]

Noun

गंदगी • (gandagī) f (Urdu spelling گندگی)

1. filth, dirt

   Synonym: गंद (gand)

2. (figuratively) a vulgarity, expletive

Declension

Declension of गंदगी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गंदगी gandagī	गंदगियाँ gandagiyā̃
oblique	गंदगी gandagī	गंदगियों gandagiyõ
vocative	गंदगी gandagī	गंदगियो gandagiyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गंदगी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 248