मेहमानदारी

मेहमानदारी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian مهما‌ن‌داری‎ (mehmândâri).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /meːɦ.mɑːn.d̪ɑː.ɾiː/, [meːɦ.mä̃ːn̪.d̪äː.ɾiː]

Noun

मेहमानदारी • (mehmāndārī) f (Urdu spelling مہمان داری‎)

1. hospitality
2. entertainment

   Synonyms: आतिथ्य (ātithya), पहुनाई (pahunāī), मेहमाननवाज़ी (mehmānnavāzī)

Declension

Declension of मेहमानदारी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मेहमानदारी mehmāndārī	मेहमानदारियाँ mehmāndāriyā̃
oblique	मेहमानदारी mehmāndārī	मेहमानदारियों mehmāndāriyõ
vocative	मेहमानदारी mehmāndārī	मेहमानदारियो mehmāndāriyo

References

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