मक्खी

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Apabhramsa मक्खिय (makkhiya) without compensatory lengthening, from Prakrit मक्खिआ (makkhiā), from Sanskrit मक्षिका (mákṣikā). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi مكھی (mkhy). Displaced Old Hindi माषी (māṣī /⁠mākhī⁠/). Compare Old Awadhi माछी (māchī), Old Punjabi ਮਖਿ (makhi /⁠makkhi⁠/).

Cognates

Cognate with Punjabi ਮੱਖੀ (makkhī), Assamese মাখি (makhi), Bengali মাছি (machi), Gujarati માખી (mākhī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mək.kʰiː/, [mɐk̚.kʰiː]

Noun

मक्खी • (makkhī) f (Urdu spelling مَکّھی)

1. a fly

   मक्खी को जल्दी मार दो! ― makkhī ko jaldī mār do! ― Kill the fly, quickly!

2. (uncommon) a bee

   Synonym: मधुमक्खी (madhumakkhī)

Declension

Declension of मक्खी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मक्खी makkhī	मक्खियाँ makkhiyā̃
oblique	मक्खी makkhī	मक्खियों makkhiyõ
vocative	मक्खी makkhī	मक्खियो makkhiyo

References

• “मक्खी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मक्खी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3734
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मक्खी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 781
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mákṣā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 554