परजीवी

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

परजीवी • (parjīvī) m

  1. (biology) parasite (an organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism)

Declension

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

Synonyms

  • परोपजीवी (paropjīvī)

Derived terms

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