परजीवी

Hindi

Etymology

Sanskritic formation from पर- (par-, “other, foreign”) +‎ -जीवी (-jīvī, “living on, living off”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /pəɾ.d͡ʒiː.ʋiː/, [pɐɾ.d͡ʒiː.ʋiː]
  • Hyphenation: पर‧जी‧वी
  • Rhymes: -iːʋiː

Noun

परजीवी • (parjīvī) m

  1. (biology) parasite
    Synonym: परोपजीवी (paropjīvī)

Declension

Declension of परजीवी (masc ī-stem)
singular plural
direct परजीवी
parjīvī 		परजीवी
parjīvī
oblique परजीवी
parjīvī 		परजीवियों
parjīviyõ
vocative परजीवी
parjīvī 		परजीवियो
parjīviyo

Derived terms

References

  • Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “परजीवी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 398
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