معمولی
Persian
Etymology
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From معمول (ma'mul) + ـی (-i).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /maʔ.muː.ˈliː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mäʔ.muː.líː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mæʔ.muː.líː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mäʔ.mu.lí]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ma'mūlī |
| Dari reading? | ma'mūlī |
| Iranian reading? | ma'muli |
| Tajik reading? | ma'muli |
Adjective
معمولی • (ma'muli)
- ordinary, commonplace
- یک پرنده معمولی در ایران، گنجشک است.
- yek parande-ye ma'muli dar iran, gonješk ast.
- Sparrows are common birds in Iran.
Descendants
- → Bengali: মামুলী (mamuli)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: मामूली (māmūlī)
- Urdu: مَعْمُولِی (ma'mūlī)
- → Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਮਾਮੂਲੀ (māmūlī)
- Shahmukhi script: مَعْمُولِی (maʻmūlī)
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “معمولی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “معمولی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Urdu
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Urdu مَعْمُولی (ma'mūlī)
Borrowed from Classical Persian مَعْمُولِی (ma'mūlī), from Persian معمول + ـی. By surface analysis, مَعْمُول (ma'mūl, “usual”) + ی (ī).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mɑː.muː.liː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: مَع‧مُو‧لی
Adjective
مَعْمُولی • (ma'mūlī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मामूली)
Further reading
- “maa'muulii”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “معمولی”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]