See also: مسيحي

Persian

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Etymology

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From مسیح (masih) +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? masīhī, masēhī
Dari reading? masīhī, masēhī
Iranian reading? masihi
Tajik reading? masihi, masehi

Adjective

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Dari مسیحی
Iranian Persian
Tajik масеҳӣ, масиҳӣ

مسیحی (masihi)

  1. Christian

Noun

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مسیحی (masihi) (plural مسیحیان (masihiân) or مسیحی‌ها (masihi-hâ))

  1. Christian
    Synonyms: نصرانی (nasrâni), (archaic) ترسا (tarsâ), (archaic) عیسائی ('isâ'i), (archaic) عیسوی ('isavi)
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Urdu

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Etymology

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From مسیح (masīh, Messiah; Christ) +‎ ـی ().

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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مَسِیحی (masīhī) (Hindi spelling मसीही)

  1. Christian; relating to Christianity or Christ.
  2. Anno Domini; Christian Era
    Synonym: عِیسْوی ('īsvī)

Noun

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مَسِیحی (masīhīm (Hindi spelling मसीही)

  1. (Christianity) Christian
    Synonyms: نَصْرانی (nasrānī), عِیسائی ('īsāī)

Usage notes

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Preferred term by the modern Christians who speak Urdu. عِیسائی ('īsāī) is the more common term.

References

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  • مسیحی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • مسیحی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مسيح”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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