زبردستی
Urdu
Etymology
From زبردست (zabardast, “superior, powerful”) + ـی (-ī).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /zə.bəɾ.d̪əs.t̪iː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: زَ‧بَر‧دَس‧تی
Noun
زَبَرْدَسْتی • (zabardastī) f (Hindi spelling ज़बरदस्ती)
- forcefulness; coercion (act of forcing)
- (by extension) oppression, injustice
- Synonym: زِیادَتی (ziyādatī)
Declension
| Declension of زبردستی | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | زبردستی (zabardastī) | زبردستیاں (zabardastiyā̃) |
| oblique | زبردستی (zabardastī) | زبردستیوں (zabardastiyō̃) |
| vocative | زبردستی (zabardastī) | زبردستیو (zabardastiyō) |
Derived terms
- زَبَرْدَسْتی سے (zabardastī se, “forcibly”)
Further reading
- “زبردستی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “زبردستی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “زبر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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