मछली

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙 (maccha) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀮- (-la-) + -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀙 (macha /maccha/) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀮- (-la-) + -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit मत्स्य (mátsya). Cognate with Awadhi मछरी (machrī), Gujarati માછલી (māchlī), Konkani मासोळी (māsoḷī), Magadhi Prakrit 𑀫𑀰𑁆𑀘𑀮𑀻 (maścalī).[1] This -𑀮- (-la-) extended form appears to have spread from Eastern Hindi.

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mət͡ʃʰ.liː/, [mət͡ʃʰ.l̪iː]
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Noun

मछली • (machlī) f (Urdu spelling مچھلی‎)

  1. fish
    Synonyms: माही (māhī), मत्स्य (matsya), मच्छी (macchī), मच्छ (macch)

Declension
Declension of मछली (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct मछली
machlī		 मछलियाँ
machliyā̃
oblique मछली
machlī		 मछलियों
machliyõ
vocative मछली
machlī		 मछलियो
machliyo

References
  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mátsya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  1. McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मछली”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  2. Platts, John T. (1884), “मछली”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  3. “मछली”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
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