ماضی

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ماضی (māzī), from Arabic مَاضِي (māḍī).

Cognate with Gujarati માજી (mājī), Kannada ಮಾಜಿ (māji), Marathi माजी (mājī), Telugu మాజీ- (mājī-).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɑː.ziː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: ما‧ضی

Adjective

ماضی • (māzī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling माज़ी)

1. past

Noun

ماضی • (māzī) m (Hindi spelling माज़ी)

1. the past
2. (grammar) The past tense

   Antonym: مُسْتَقْبِل (mustaqbil)

Declension

Declension of ماضی
	singular	plural
direct	ماضی (māzī)	ماضی (māzī)
oblique	ماضی (māzī)	ماضِیوں (māziyõ)
vocative	ماضی (māzī)	ماضِیو (māziyo)

References

• “ماضی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ماضی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.