ادائیگی

Urdu

Etymology

From ادا (adā, “completion; submission”) +‎ ـئیگی (-'īgī).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ə.d̪ɑː.iː.ɡiː/, [ə.d̪ɑː.eː.ɡiː]
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Hyphenation: ا‧دا‧ئی‧گی

Noun

اَدائِیگی • (adāīgī) f (Hindi spelling अदाएगी)

  1. payment (of an invoice or dues)
    By extension:
    1. fulfilment of debt, or loan
    2. collection of levies or taxes
  2. delivery of speech or acting, recitation
  3. completion of a task
    By extension:
    1. (Islam) the offering of salat at the appropriate time.

Further reading
  • “ادائیگی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “ادائیگی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ادائگی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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