ضدی

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Urdu

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Etymology

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From ضِد (zid, stubbornness) +‎ ـی ().

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ضِدّی (ziddī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling ज़िद्दी)

  1. stubborn; obstinate
  2. bigoted[1]

Further reading

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  • ضدی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • ضدی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ضدی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “ضدي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.