छमाही

Hindi

Etymology

From छ- (cha-, “six”, combining form) +‎ माह (māh, “month”) +‎ -ई (-ī). In the noun sense, it is a dvigu compound.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰə.mɑː.ɦiː/, [t͡ʃʰɐ.mäː.ɦiː]

Adjective

छमाही • (chamāhī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling چَھماہی)

1. six-monthly, half-yearly

   Synonyms: अर्धवार्षिक (ardhavārṣik), षाण्मासिक (ṣāṇmāsik)

   छमाही परीक्षा ― chamāhī parīkṣā ― half-yearly exam

Noun

छमाही • (chamāhī) f (Urdu spelling چَھماہی)

1. time period of six-months, half-year
2. exams occuring after every six months
   • 2007, Giriraj Sharan, बच्चों के रोचक नाटक, Diamond Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 11:

     भैया, सत्यव्रत तो इस छमाही में भी फेल हो गया।

     bhaiyā, satyavrat to is chamāhī mẽ bhī phel ho gayā.

     Brother, Satyavrat failed this half-yearly exam too.

3. six-monthly salary or pension

Declension

Declension of छमाही (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	छमाही chamāhī	छमाहियाँ chamāhiyā̃
oblique	छमाही chamāhī	छमाहियों chamāhiyõ
vocative	छमाही chamāhī	छमाहियो chamāhiyo

Further reading

• “छमाही”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “छमाही”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 336