पीढ़ी
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Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Feminine form of पीढ़ा (pīṛhā), from Sanskrit पीठ (pīṭha, “stool”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]पीढ़ी • (pīṛhī) f (Urdu spelling پیڑھی)
- lineage, genealogy, pedigree
- नेहरू-गाँधी पीढ़ी ― nehrū-gāndhī pīṛhī ― Nehru-Gandhi family
- generation (of a family or of all people)
- मेरे परदादा की पीढ़ी तुमको देखके बहुत गर्व करती।
- mere pardādā kī pīṛhī tumko dekhke bahut garv kartī.
- The generation of my great-grandfather would be proud of you.
- (rare or obsolete) small stool
Declension
[edit]Declension of पीढ़ी (fem ī-stem)
References
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “pīṛhī”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press