क़ातिलाना
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic قَاتِل (qātil, “killing”). Synchronically analysable as क़ातिल (qātil) + -आना (-ānā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /qɑː.t̪ɪ.lɑː.nɑː/, [qäː.t̪ɪ.l̪äː.n̪äː], /kɑː.t̪ɪ.lɑː.nɑː/, [käː.t̪ɪ.l̪äː.n̪äː]
Adjective
क़ातिलाना • (qātilānā) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling قاتلانا)
- murderous, homicidal
- (figurative) lethal, deadly, killing
- ये दिल क़ातिलाना! ― ye dil qātilānā! ― This deadly heart!
- (figuratively) devastatingly attractive