दो-हरफ़ी

Hindi

Alternative forms

• दो-हर्फ़ी (do-harfī)

Etymology

From दो (do, “two”) +‎ हरफ़ (haraf, “letter”) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪oː.ɦəɾ.fiː/, [d̪oː.ɦɐɾ.fiː], /d̪oː.ɦəɾ.pʰiː/, [d̪oː.ɦɐɾ.pʰiː]

Adjective

दो-हरफ़ी • (do-harfī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling دو حَرْفی)

1. brief, short
   • 2021, “Srivalli”, in Pushpa: The Rise:

     तेरी झलक अशरफ़ी, श्रीवल्ली
     नैना मदक बर्फ़ी
     तेरी झलक अशरफ़ी, श्रीवल्ली
     बातें करे दो-हरफ़ी

     terī jhalak aśarfī, śrīvallī
     nainā madak barfī
     terī jhalak aśarfī, śrīvallī
     bātẽ kare do-harfī

     Your brilliance is like a gold coin, Srivalli
     Your eyes are barfis made of drugs
     Your brilliance is like a gold coin, Srivalli
     You talks are just two-lettered
     

2. having two letters

   दो-हरफ़ी अल्फ़ाज़ ― do-harfī alfāz ― two-lettered words

Synonyms

• दो-अक्षरी (do-akṣarī)

Further reading

• “दो-हर्फ़ी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.