ज़्यादती

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زیادتی (ziyādatī), from Arabic زِيَادَة (ziyāda).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /zjɑː.d̪ə.t̪iː/, [zjäː.d̪ɐ.t̪iː], /d͡ʒjɑː.d̪ə.t̪iː/, [d͡ʒjäː.d̪ɐ.t̪iː]

Noun

ज़्यादती • (zyādatī) f (Urdu spelling زیادتی)

1. extra, surplus, abundance
2. excess, overindulgence; excessively wrongful act

Declension

Declension of ज़्यादती (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ज़्यादती zyādatī	ज़्यादतियाँ zyādatiyā̃
oblique	ज़्यादती zyādatī	ज़्यादतियों zyādatiyõ
vocative	ज़्यादती zyādatī	ज़्यादतियो zyādatiyo

References

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