ख़ुदकुशी
Hindi
Alternative forms
- खुदकुशी (khudkuśī)
- ख़ुद-कुशी (xud-kuśī)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian خودکشی (xwadkušī). By surface analysis, ख़ुद (xud, “self”) + कुशी (kuśī, “slaughter”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /xʊd̪.kʊ.ʃiː/, /kʰʊd̪.kʊ.ʃiː/
Noun
ख़ुदकुशी • (xudkuśī) f (Urdu spelling خودکُشی)
- suicide
- Synonym: आत्महत्या (ātmahatyā)
Declension
Declension of ख़ुदकुशी (fem ī-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ख़ुदकुशी xudkuśī | ख़ुदकुशियाँ xudkuśiyā̃ |
| oblique | ख़ुदकुशी xudkuśī | ख़ुदकुशियों xudkuśiyõ |
| vocative | ख़ुदकुशी xudkuśī | ख़ुदकुशियो xudkuśiyo |
Derived terms
- ख़ुदकुशी करना (xudkuśī karnā)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “ख़ुद”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “खुदकुशी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Bahri, Hardev (1989), “खुदकुशी”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Hardev Bahri (2013), “खुदकुशी”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश, Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN
- Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “ḳḥud”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
- “ख़ुद-कुशी”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.