खाँसी

खाँसी

See also: ख़ास and खुसी

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit कासिका (kāsikā), from कासते (kāsate, “to cough”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂s- (“to cough”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kʰɑ̃ː.siː/, [kʰä̃ː.s̪iː]

Noun

खाँसी • (khā̃sī) f (Urdu spelling کھانسی‎)

1. cough
2. coughing

Declension

Declension of खाँसी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	खाँसी khā̃sī	खाँसियाँ khā̃siyā̃
oblique	खाँसी khā̃sī	खाँसियों khā̃siyõ
vocative	खाँसी khā̃sī	खाँसियो khā̃siyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “खाँसी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 230