चाबी

Hindi

Alternative forms

• चाभी (cābhī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese chave, from Latin clāvis. Compare Marathi चावी (cāvī), Sylheti ꠌꠣꠛꠤ (sabi), Bengali চাবি (cabi), Assamese চাবি (sabi).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑː.biː/, [t͡ʃäː.biː]

Noun

चाबी • (cābī) f (Urdu spelling چابی)

1. key

   Synonyms: कुंजी (kuñjī), ताली (tālī)

   • 1973, “Hum Tum Ek Kamre Mein Band Ho”, in Anand Bakshi (lyrics), Laxmikant Pyarelal (music), Bobby, performed by Lata Mangeshkar and Shailendra Singh:

     सोचो कभी ऐसा हो तो क्या हो हम तुम, एक कमरे में बंद हो और चाबी खो जाये

     soco kabhī aisā ho to kyā ho ham tum, ek kamre mẽ band ho aur cābī kho jāye

     Suppose you and I, locked in a room and the key is lost.

Declension

Declension of चाबी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चाबी cābī	चाबियाँ cābiyā̃
oblique	चाबी cābī	चाबियों cābiyõ
vocative	चाबी cābī	चाबियो cābiyo

See also

• ताला (tālā)