दुष्ट
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit दुष्ट (duṣṭa). Related to the verb दुष्यति (duṣyati, “to be bad, sin, spoil (the mind)”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d̪ʊʂʈ/
Noun
दुष्ट • (duṣṭ) m
- rascal, rogue, wicked person
- 1880 – 1936, Premchand, दुर्गा का मन्दिर
- तुम इन दुष्टों को यहाँ से हटाती हो कि नहीं?
- tum in duṣṭõ ko yahā̃ se haṭātī ho ki nahī̃?
- Are you getting these rascals aways from here or not?
Declension
Declension of दुष्ट (masc cons-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | दुष्ट duṣṭ | दुष्ट duṣṭ |
oblique | दुष्ट duṣṭ | दुष्टों duṣṭõ |
vocative | दुष्ट duṣṭ | दुष्टो duṣṭo |
Adjective
दुष्ट • (duṣṭ) (indeclinable)
- wicked, evil
- corrupt, base
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “दुष्ट”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press