ماضی

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ماضی‎ (māzī), from Arabic مَاضِي‎ (māḍī).

Cognate with Gujarati માજી (mājī), Kannada ಮಾಜಿ (māji), Marathi माजी (mājī), Telugu మాజీ- (mājī-).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ماضی • (transliteration needed) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling माज़ी)

  1. past

Noun

ماضی • (transliteration needed) m (Hindi spelling माज़ी)

  1. the past
  2. (grammar) The past tense
    Antonym: مُسْتَقْبِل‎ (mustaqbil)

Declension
Declension of ماضی
singular plural
direct ماضی‎ (māzī) ماضی‎ (māzī)
oblique ماضی‎ (māzī) ماضیوں‎ (māziyō̃)
vocative ماضی‎ (māzī) ماضیو‎ (māziyō)

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