سطحی
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سَطْحِيّ (saṭḥiyy). By surface analysis, سطح (sath, “surface”) + ـی (-i, suffix forming adjectives).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /sat.ˈhiː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sät̪.híː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sæt̪.híː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [sät̪.hí]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | sathī |
| Dari reading? | sathī |
| Iranian reading? | sathi |
| Tajik reading? | sathi |
Adjective
سطحی • (sathi)
- superficial
- surface, relating to the surface
- کشش سطحی ― kešeš-e sathi ― surface tension
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “سطحی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian سَطْحِی (sathī), from Arabic سَطْحِيّ (saṭḥiyy).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sət̪.ɦiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: سَط‧حی
Adjective
سَطْحی • (sathī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling सतही)
Further reading
- “سطحی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “سطحی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “سطح”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 379
- Platts, John T. (1884), “سطحی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- John Shakespear (1834), “سطحی”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC