स्याही

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (siyāhī, “blackness, darkness, ink”). Cognate with Assamese চিয়াঁহী (siãhi), Gujarati શાહી (śāhī), Kannada ಶಾಯಿ (śāyi), Marathi शाई (śāī), Punjabi ਸਿਆਹੀ (siāhī), Rohingya cíai, Santali ᱥᱤᱭᱟᱦᱤ (siyahi).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sjɑː.ɦiː/, [sjäː.ɦiː]

Noun

स्याही • (syāhī) f (Urdu spelling سیاہی)

ink
पीली स्याही क्यूँ नहीं बेचते हैं?
pīlī syāhī kyū̃ nahī̃ becte ha͠i?
Why don't they sell yellow ink?
(poetic) darkness
Synonyms: अंधेरा (andherā), अंधकार (andhkār)
(poetic) blackness
Synonyms: कालापन (kālāpan), श्यामता (śyāmtā)

Declension

Declension of स्याही (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	स्याही syāhī	स्याहियाँ syāhiyā̃
oblique	स्याही syāhī	स्याहियों syāhiyõ
vocative	स्याही syāhī	स्याहियो syāhiyo

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