शेख़ी

शेख़ी

Hindi

Etymology

From Persian شیخی‎ (šeyxi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃeː.kʰiː/, /ʃeː.xiː/

Noun

शेख़ी • (śexī) f

1. boasting, bragging

   Synonym: घमंड (ghamaṇḍ)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “शेख़ी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press