पेशगी

पेशगी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian پیشگی‎ (pišagi). Compare Punjabi ਪੇਸ਼ਗੀ (pēśgī) / پیشگی‎ (pēśgi), Sindhi پيشگي‎ / पेशगी, Gujarati પેશગી (peśgī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /peːʃ.ɡiː/

Noun

पेशगी • (peśgī) f (Urdu spelling پیشْگی‎)

1. advance (payment given beforehand)

   Synonyms: अगाऊ (agāū), अग्रिम (agrim), पेशी (peśī)

Declension

Declension of पेशगी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पेशगी peśgī	पेशगियाँ peśgiyā̃
oblique	पेशगी peśgī	पेशगियों peśgiyõ
vocative	पेशगी peśgī	पेशगियो peśgiyo

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart, “पेशगी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, 1993.
• Dāsa, Śyamāsundara, “पेशगी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [Comprehensive Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, 1965–1975.