सुई

Hindi

Etymology

From Old Hindi सुई (suī), सूई (sūī), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀽𑀈 (sūī), from Sanskrit सूची (sūcī́). Doublet of सूची (sūcī).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sʊiː/

Noun

सुई • (suī) f

needle (for knitting and otherwise)

सूई और धागा/सूई तागा ― sūī aur dhāgā/sūī tāgā ― needle and thread
(medicine) syringe, injection

सूई लगाना ― sūī lagānā ― to inject

Alternative forms

सूई (sūī)

Derived terms

Terms derived from सुई (suī)

सूई के नाके से ऊँट निकालना (sūī ke nāke se ū̃ṭ nikālnā, “to make a camel go through the eye of a needle”)
सूई को फ़ावड़ा बनाना (sūī ko fāvṛā banānā, “to make a needle into a spade; make a mountain out of a molehill”)

सूईकार (sūīkār)
सूईकारी (sūīkārī)

References

Syamasundara Dasa (1965-1975), “सुई”, in Hindi Sabdasagara [Comprehensive Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “सुई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 1034

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