पिसाई

Hindi

Etymology

Deverbal form of पीसना (pīsnā, “to grind”) with the suffix -आई (-āī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɪ.sɑː.iː/, [pɪ.säː.iː]

Noun

पिसाई • (pisāī) f

1. grinding (as an activity, or an occupation)
2. (by extension) any laborious work

Declension

Declension of पिसाई (fem ind ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पिसाई pisāī	पिसाइयाँ pisāiyā̃
oblique	पिसाई pisāī	पिसाइयों pisāiyõ
vocative	पिसाई pisāī	पिसाइयो pisāiyo

References

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