ـگی

ـگی • (-gī / -gi) (Tajik spelling -гӣ)

1. form of the suffix ـی (-ī / -i) for words that end in the short vowel ـه (-a / -e)

   ‎مردانه (mardāna / mardâne, “masculine, manly”) → ‎مردانگی (mardānagī / mardânegi, “masculinity, manliness”)

   ‎برهنه (birahna / berahne, “naked, nude”) → ‎برهنگی (birahnagī / berahnegi, “nudity”)

   ‎قاعده (qā'ida / ġâ'ede, “menstruating”) → ‎قاعدگی (qā'idagī / ġâ'edegi, “menstruation”)

• Usually only forms nouns from adjectives. Most adjectives formed from nouns ending in ـه (-a / -e) use the non-joining forms ـای (-i) (in Iran) or ـیی (-yī) (in Dari); but both forms may be present in each country.
• ‌Prescribed by some in Afghanistan and Proscribed in Iran to be written with a ZWNJ, e.g. بچه‌گی (bačča-gī / bačče-gi). Although this way is present in both countries, the joined version (with ـه (-a / -e) excluded) is more common in both.
• Sometimes misspelled joined with he (بچهگی) or with a space (بچه گی).

• → Middle Hindi: گی (-gy /⁠-gī⁠/)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: -गी (-gī)

    Urdu: ـگِی (-gī)

Borrowed from Classical Persian ـگِی (-gī). First attested as Middle Hindi گی (-gy /⁠-gī⁠/).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /‿ɡiː/

ـگی • (-gī) (Hindi spelling -गी)

1. form of the suffix ـی (-ī) for words that end in the short vowel ـہ (-a)