नरगिसी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نرگسی (nargisī). By surface analysis, नरगिस (nargis) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nəɾ.ɡɪ.siː/, [nɐɾ.ɡɪ.siː]

Adjective

नरगिसी • (nargisī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling نرگسی)

1. pertaining to the narcissus
2. (figurative) lovely, pleasing

References

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