مرغابی

Gojri

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مرغابی‎ (murğābī). By surface analysis, مُرْغ‎ (murġ) +‎ آبِی‎ (ābī).

Noun

ْمُرْغَابِی (murġābī) f

  1. waterfowl (an aquatic bird)

Further reading
  • Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 402.
  • Javaid Rahi (2015), “ْمُرْغَابِی”, in گوجری ڈکشنری [Gojri Dictionary] (in Gojri), page 830, column 1.

Persian

Etymology

مرغ‎ (morğ, “fowl”) +‎ آبی‎ (âbi, “marine, of the water”), literally “water fowl”.

Pronunciation
  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /muɾɣɔbi/

Noun

مرغابی • (morğâbi)

  1. duck
  2. wild duck

Descendants
  • → Gojri: مُرْغَابِیْ‎ (murġābī)
  • → Gujarati: મુરઘાબી (murghābī)
  • → Hindustani: murġābī
    Hindi: मुर्ग़ाबी
    Urdu: مُرْغَابِی‎
  • → Kashmiri:
    Arabic script: مُرغابی‎ (murġābī)
    Devanagari script: मुरगाबी (muragābī)
    Sharada script: 𑆩𑆶𑆫𑆓𑆳𑆧𑆵 (muragābī)
  • → Marwari:
    Devanagari script: मुरगाबी (murgābī)
    Mahajani script: 𑅬𑅒𑅭𑅗𑅪𑅑 (murgbi)
  • → Punjabi: murġābī
    Gurmukhi script: ਮੁਰਗ਼ਾਬੀ
    Shahmukhi script: مُرْغَابِی‎
  • → Saraiki:
    Devanagari script: मुरग़ाबी
    Multani script: 𑊠𑊢𑊆𑊝 (mrgb)
    Shahmukhi script: مُرْغَابِی‎ (murġābī)
  • → Sindhi: muraġābī
    Arabic script: مُرْغ آبي‎, مُرْغابي‎
    Devanagari script: मुरग़ाबी
    Khojki script: 𑈤𑈯𑈦𑈊𑈶𑈬𑈡𑈮
    Khudawadi script: 𑋗𑋣𑋙𑊼𑋩𑋠𑋔𑋢

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مرغابی‎ (murğābī). By surface analysis, مُرْغ‎ (murġ) +‎ آبِیْ‎ (ābī).

Noun

مُرْغَابِی • (murġābī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੁਰਗ਼ਾਬੀ)

  1. wild duck, waterfowl

Declension
Declension of مرغابی
dir. sg. مُرْغَابی‎ (murġābī)
dir. pl. مُرْغَابِیاں‎ (murġābiyāṉ)
singular plural
direct مُرْغَابی‎ (murġābī) مُرْغَابِیاں‎ (murġābiyāṉ)
oblique مُرْغَابی‎ (murġābī) مُرْغَابِیاں‎ (murġābiyāṉ)
vocative مُرْغَابِئے‎ (murġābi'e) مُرْغَابِیو‎ (murġābiyo)
ablative مُرْغَابِیوں‎ (murġābiyoṉ) —
locative — —
instrumental — —

Further reading
  • “ਮੁਰਗਾਬੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2023
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “مُرغابی‎”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz, page 2517

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مرغابی‎ (murğābī). By surface analysis, مُرْغ‎ (murġ) +‎ آبِی‎ (ābī).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mʊɾ.ɣɑː.biː/
  • (Deccani) IPA(key): /mʊɾ.ɣɑː.biː/
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Hyphenation: مُرْ‧غَا‧بِی

Noun

مُرْغَابِی • (murġābī) f (Hindi spelling मुर्ग़ाबी)

  1. wild duck, waterfowl

Declension
Declension of مرغابی
singular plural
direct مُرْغَابِی‎ (murġābī) مُرْغَابِیاں‎ (murġābiyā̃)
oblique مُرْغَابِی‎ (murġābī) مُرْغَابِیوں‎ (murġābiyō̃)
vocative مُرْغَابِی‎ (murġābī) مُرْغَابِیو‎ (murġābiyō)

References
  • “مرغابی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “مرغابی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 581
  • “مرغابی”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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