मक्खी
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Apabhramsa मक्खिय (makkhiya) without compensatory lengthening, from Prakrit मक्खिआ (makkhiā), from Sanskrit मक्षिका (mákṣikā). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi مكھی (mkhy). Displaced Old Hindi माषी (māṣī /mākhī/). Compare Old Awadhi माछी (māchī), Old Punjabi ਮਖਿ (makhi /makkhi/).
Cognates
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]मक्खी • (makkhī) f (Urdu spelling مَکّھی)
- a fly
- मक्खी को जल्दी मार दो! ― makkhī ko jaldī mār do! ― Kill the fly, quickly!
- (uncommon) a bee
- Synonym: मधुमक्खी (madhumakkhī)
Declension
[edit]Declension of मक्खी (fem ī-stem)
References
[edit]- “मक्खी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मक्खी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3734
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मक्खी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 781
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mákṣā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 554
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