सिफ़ारिश

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سِفارِش (sifāriš).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sɪ.fɑː.ɾɪʃ/, [sɪ.fäː.ɾɪʃ], /sɪ.pʰɑː.ɾɪʃ/, [sɪ.pʰäː.ɾɪʃ]
• Hyphenation: सि‧फ़ा‧रिश
• Rhymes: -ɪʃ

Noun

सिफ़ारिश • (sifāriś) f (Urdu spelling سِفارِش)

1. recommendation, endorsement

   Synonym: संस्तुति (sanstuti)

   मैंने अपने दोस्त की सिफ़ारिश पर यह किताब पढ़ी।

   ma͠ine apne dost kī sifāriś par yah kitāb paṛhī.

   I read this book upon my friend's recommendation.

Declension

Declension of सिफ़ारिश (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सिफ़ारिश sifāriś	सिफ़ारिशें sifāriśẽ
oblique	सिफ़ारिश sifāriś	सिफ़ारिशों sifāriśõ
vocative	सिफ़ारिश sifāriś	सिफ़ारिशो sifāriśo

Derived terms

• सिफ़ारिश करना (sifāriś karnā)
• सिफ़ारिशनामा (sifāriśnāmā)
• सिफ़ारिशी (sifāriśī)

 

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “sifāriśa”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 658.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “सिफ़ारिश”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 768
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “sifāriśa”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 1015
• Platts, John T. (1884) “सिफ़ारिश”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 662
• “सिफ़ारिश”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• John Shakespear (1834) “सिफ़ारिश”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 1076