कड़ी

See also: कडी

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀓𑀟 (*kaḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-) (attested in 𑀓𑀟𑀸 (kaḍā)), from Sanskrit कट (káṭa, “twist of straw”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kə.ɽiː/, [kɐ.ɽiː]

Noun

कड़ी • (kaṛī) f (Urdu spelling کڑی)

  1. link (in a chain)
  2. chain, cuff
    हथकड़ी ― hathkaṛī ― handcuffs
  3. narrative, sequence (a chain or sequence of events)

Declension
Declension of कड़ी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct कड़ी
kaṛī		 कड़ियाँ
kaṛiyā̃
oblique कड़ी
kaṛī		 कड़ियों
kaṛiyõ
vocative कड़ी
kaṛī		 कड़ियो
kaṛiyo

Descendants
  • → Malay: gari
    • Indonesian: gari

References
  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “káṭa1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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