शक्की
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic شَكِّيّ (šakkiyy, “skeptical”), the nisba form of شَكّ (šakk), in turn the verbal noun of شَكَّ (šakka, “to poke, to distrust”), whence Hindi शक (śak).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʃək.kiː/, [ʃək̚.kiː]
Adjective
शक्की • (śakkī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling شکی)
- sceptical, distrustful
See also
- शक (śak)
References
- Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “शक्की”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House