زیادتی

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زیادتی‎ (ziyâdati), from Arabic زِيَادَة‎ (ziyāda).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /zjɑːd̪.t̪iː/, /zɪ.jɑːd̪.t̪iː/
  • (Deccani) IPA(key): /zjɑːd̪.t̪iː/, /zɪ.jɑːd̪.t̪iː/
  • Rhymes: -iː

Noun

زْیَادْتِی • (zyādtī) f (Hindi spelling ज़्यादती)

  1. injustice, deception
    ‏یہ زیادتی ہے!‎‎ ― yeh zyādtī hai! ― This is not fair!
  2. (crime) rape, torture
    ‏اُس نے زیادتی کا الزام لگایا۔‎‎
    us ne zyādtī kā ilzām lagāya.
    She had accused [him] of rape.
    (literally, “She had put forward a case of rape.”)
  3. (dated) abundance, excess (literally moreness)

References
  • “زیادتی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “زیادتی”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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