بے عزتی

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
Classical Persian اَبی (abē)
Classical Persian بی (bē)
Arabic عَزَّ (ʕazza)
Arabic عِزَّة (ʕizza)bor.
Classical Persian عِزَّت (izzat)
Middle Persian 𐭩𐭧 (yḥ /⁠-īh⁠/)
Classical Persian ـِی (-ī)
Classical Persian بی عِزَّتِی (bē izzatī)bor.
Urdu بے عزتی

    Borrowed from Classical Persian بی عِزَّتِی (bē izzatī), from بی (bē) + عِزَّت (izzat) + ـِی (-ī). By surface analysis, بے عِزَّت (be 'izzat, “without respect”) +‎ ـِی (-ī, “act of”).

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /beː.ɪz.zə.t̪iː/
    • (colloquial) IPA(key): /beːs.t̪iː/
    • Rhymes: -iː

    Noun

    بے عِزَّتی • (be 'izzatī) f (Hindi spelling बेइज़्ज़ती)

    1. disrespect; disgrace; insult; humiliation; slander

    Declension

    Declension of بے عزتی
    singular plural
    direct بے عزتی (be ‘izzatī) بے عزتِیاں (be ‘izzatiyā̃)
    oblique بے عزتی (be ‘izzatī) بے عزتِیوں (be ‘izzatiyō̃)
    vocative بے عزتی (be ‘izzatī) بے عزتِیو (be ‘izzatiyō)

    Further reading

    • “be'izzatii”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “عزت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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