शाई

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سیاهی (siyāhī). Compare Gujarati શાહી (śāhī), Hindi स्याही (syāhī), Assamese চিয়াঁহী (siãhi).

Noun

शाई • (śāī) f

  1. ink

Descendants
  • → Kannada: ಶಾಯಿ (śāyi)

References
  • Berntsen, Maxine, “शाई”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “शाई”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
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