અફીણી
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See also: અફીણ
Gujarati
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From અફીણ (aphīṇ) + -ઈ (-ī). Compare Hindi अफ़ीमी (afīmī).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈə.pʰi.ɳi/, /ˈə.fi.ɳi/
Noun
[edit]અફીણી • (aphīṇī) m
- opium addict
- 1950, “તારી આંખનો અફીણી [tārī ā̃khno aphīṇī]”, in Venibhai Purohit (lyrics), Divadandi:
- તારી આંખનો અફીણી, તારા બોલનો બંધાણી
તારા રૂપની પૂનમનો પાગલ એકલો- tārī ā̃khno aphīṇī, tārā bolno bandhāṇī
tārā rūpnī pūnamno pāgal eklo - I am an addict of your eyes, attached to you words;
I am the only one who is mad for the full moon of your beauty.
- tārī ā̃khno aphīṇī, tārā bolno bandhāṇī
Adjective
[edit]અફીણી • (aphīṇī)
Further reading
[edit]- “અફીણી”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.