चश्मदीद

चश्मदीद

Hindi

Etymology

From चश्म (caśma, “eye”) +‎ दीद (dīd, “sight”), ultimately from Persian. Compare Punjabi ਚਸ਼ਮਦੀਦ (chashamdīd) / چشم دید‎ (chshm daed).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəʃ.mə.d̪iːd̪/

Adjective

चश्मदीद • (caśmadīd)

1. eyewitness

   Synonym: प्रत्यक्षदर्शी (pratyakṣadarśī)

Derived terms

• चश्मदीद गवाह (caśmadīd gavāh)

References

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