मधुमक्खी

Hindi

Etymology

From मधु (madhu) +‎ मक्खी (makkhī). Compare Gujarati મધમાખી (madhmākhī), Marathi मधमाशी (madhmāśī), Bengali মৌমাছি (mōumachi), Assamese মৌমাখি (moumakhi).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mə.d̪ʱʊ.mək.kʰiː/, [mɐ.d̪ʱʊ.mɐk̚.kʰiː]

Noun

मधुमक्खी • (madhumakkhī) f (Urdu spelling مدھمکھی)

1. bee (insect)

Declension

Declension of मधुमक्खी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मधुमक्खी madhumakkhī	मधुमक्खियाँ madhumakkhiyā̃
oblique	मधुमक्खी madhumakkhī	मधुमक्खियों madhumakkhiyõ
vocative	मधुमक्खी madhumakkhī	मधुमक्खियो madhumakkhiyo

References

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