सदी
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Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian صدی (sadī, “a hundred”). Compare Gujarati સદી (sadī).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]सदी • (sadī) f (Urdu spelling صَدی)
- century
- Synonyms: शताब्दी (śatābdī), शती (śatī), शतक (śatak)
- इक्कीसवीं सदी ― ikkīsvī̃ sadī ― twenty-first century
- 1904, Muhammad Iqbal, Tarānā-e-Hind :
- कुछ बात है कि हस्ती मिटती नहीं हमारी
सदियों रहा है दुश्मन दौर-ए-ज़माँ हमारा- kuch bāt hai ki hastī miṭtī nahī̃ hamārī
sadiyõ rahā hai duśman daur-e-zamā̃ hamārā - There is something about our existence for it doesn't get wiped
Even though, for centuries, the time-cycle has been our enemy.
- kuch bāt hai ki hastī miṭtī nahī̃ hamārī
- कुछ बात है कि हस्ती मिटती नहीं हमारी
Declension
[edit]Declension of सदी (fem ī-stem)
Related terms
[edit]- फ़ीसदी (fīsdī, “percent”)
Further reading
[edit]- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सदी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4938
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सदी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 979