مہنگائی

Urdu

Etymology

From مہن٘گا (mahaṅgā, “expensive”) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mə.ɦəŋ.ɡɑː.iː/, [mɛ.ɦɛŋ.ɡɑː.iː]
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Hyphenation: مَ‧ہَن٘‧گا‧ئی

Noun

مَہَن٘گائی • (mahaṅgāī) m (Hindi spelling महँगाई)

  1. cost of living; inflation

Declension
Declension of مہنگائی
singular plural
direct مہن٘گائی (mahaṅgā'ī) مہن٘گائی (mahaṅgā'ī)
oblique مہن٘گائی (mahaṅgā'ī) مہن٘گائیوں (mahaṅgā'iyō̃)
vocative مہن٘گائی (mahaṅgā'ī) مہن٘گائیو (mahaṅgā'iyō)

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